NGC 2366
| Galaxy NGC 2366 |
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| NGC 2366 & 2363 (image taken in the ultraviolet with the GALEX satellite telescope ) | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | giraffe |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 07 h 28 m 54.6 s |
| declination | + 69 ° 12 ′ 57 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | IB (s) m / HII |
| Brightness (visual) | 10.9 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 11.5 likes |
| Angular expansion | 8.1 ′ × 3 ′ |
| Position angle | 25 ° |
| Surface brightness | 14.2 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | M81 group |
| Redshift | 0.000267 ± 0.000003 |
| Radial velocity | (80 ± 1) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(8 ± 1) x 10 6 ly (2.60 ± 0.19) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | December 3, 1788 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 2366 • UGC 3851 • PGC 21102 • CGCG 330-038 • MCG + 12-07-040 • IRAS 07233 + 6917 • GC 1515 • H III 748 • DDO 42 | |
NGC 2366 is an irregular galaxy with extensive star formation regions of the Hubble type IBm in the constellation Giraffe in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 8 million light years from the Milky Way and about 30,000 light years in diameter. Together with NGC 2363 , it forms an interacting pair of galaxies.
The object was discovered on December 3, 1788 by the German-British astronomer Wilhelm Herschel .
Image taken by the Hubble Space Telescope . The nebula NGC 2363 can be seen at the top right .
Web links
- SIMBAD Astronomical Database
- Hubble Space Telescope
- Bright Stars, Dim Galaxy - Astronomy Picture of the Day from October 14, 1996 (English).