NGC 2263
Galaxy NGC 2263 |
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AladinLite | |
Constellation | Big dog |
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 |
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 .