NGC 2263
| Galaxy NGC 2263 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Big dog |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 06 h 38 m 28.8 s |
| declination | -24 ° 50 ′ 55 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | (R'_2) SB (r) from |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.1 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 12.9 mag |
| Angular expansion | 2.6 ′ × 2 ′ |
| Position angle | 143 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.7 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.009150 ± 0.000007 |
| Radial velocity | (2743 ± 2) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(114 ± 8) x 10 6 ly (35.0 ± 2.5) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | January 20, 1835 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 2263 • PGC 19355 • ESO 490-019 • MCG -04-16-014 • 2MASX J06382884-2450551 • SGC 06364-2448 • LDCE 0483 NED004 | |
NGC 2263 is a bar-spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBab and is located in the constellation Great Dog in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 114 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered by John Herschel on January 20, 1835 .