NGC 2308
| Galaxy NGC 2308 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | lynx |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 06 h 58 m 37.6 s |
| declination | + 45 ° 12 ′ 38 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sab |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.4 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.2 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.8 ′ × 1.2 ′ |
| Position angle | 170 ° |
| Surface brightness | 14.1 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.019520 ± 0.000080 |
| Radial velocity | (5852 ± 24) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(263 ± 18) · 10 6 ly (80.5 ± 5.6) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Edouard Stephan |
| Discovery date | January 13, 1872 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 2308 • UGC 3618 • PGC 19949 • CGCG 234-037 • MCG + 08-13-037 • 2MASX J06485080-6420080 • LDCE 0479 NED010 | |
NGC 2308 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sab in the constellation Lynx at the northern sky . It is estimated to be 263 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered by Edouard Stephan on January 13, 1872 .