NGC 2417
| Galaxy NGC 2417 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Keel of the ship |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 07 h 30 m 12.1 s |
| declination | -62 ° 15 ′ 10 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SAB (rs) bc |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.1 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 12.9 mag |
| Angular expansion | 2.8 ′ × 1.9 ′ |
| Position angle | 81 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.8 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | NGC 2417 group LGG 144 |
| Redshift | 0.010704 ± 0.000013 |
| Radial velocity | (3209 ± 4) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(133 ± 9) x 10 6 ly (40.9 ± 2.9) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | March 8, 1836 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 2417 • PGC 21155 • ESO 072935-6208.7 • IRAS 07295-6208 • 2MASX J07301209-6215095 • SGC 072935-6208.7 • GC 1547 • h 3087 • HIPASS J0730-62 • LDCE 505 NED008 | |
NGC 2417 is a barred spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBbc in the constellation Carina in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 133 million light years from the Milky Way and approximately 120,000 light years in diameter.
In the same area of the sky is u. a. the galaxy IC 2200 .
The object was discovered by John Herschel on March 8, 1836 .