NGC 2332

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Galaxy
NGC 2332
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NGC 2332 DSS.jpg
AladinLite
Constellation lynx
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 07 h 09 m 34.1 s
declination + 50 ° 10 ′ 56 ″
Appearance
Morphological type S0: / blazar  
Brightness  (visual) 12.8 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 13.8 mag
Angular expansion 1.5 '× 1.0'
Position angle 60 °
Surface brightness 13.1 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Affiliation Abell 569
WBL 133  
Redshift 0.019467 ± 0.000025  
Radial velocity 5836 ± 7 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(263 ± 18)  ·  10 6  ly
(80.5 ± 5.6)  Mpc 
history
discovery William Herschel
Discovery date December 28, 1790
Catalog names
NGC  2332 • UGC  3699 • PGC  20276 • CGCG  234-075 • MCG  + 08-13-079 • 2MASX  J07093417 + 5010559 • GC  1491 • H  II 862 • h  430 • LDCE 484 NED025

NGC 2332 is a lenticular blazar of the Hubble type S0 in the constellation Lynx in the northern sky . It is about 263 million light years away from the Milky Way and about 115,000 light years in diameter.
In the same area of ​​the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 2330 , IC 457 , IC 458 , IC 459 .

The object was on 28 December 1790 by William Herschel discovered

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d e NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e SEDS : NGC 2332
  3. Seligman