NGC 2441
| Galaxy NGC 2441 |
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| Photo from the Hubble Space Telescope | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | giraffe |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 07 h 51 m 54.7 s |
| declination | + 73 ° 00 ′ 56 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SAB (r) b: |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.1 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 12.9 mag |
| Angular expansion | 2 ′ × 1.8 ′ |
| Position angle | 45 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.3 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | LGG 154 |
| Redshift | 0.011575 ± 0.000057 |
| Radial velocity | 3470 ± 17 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(160 ± 11) · 10 6 ly (49.2 ± 3.5) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Ernst Temple |
| Discovery date | August 8, 1882 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 2441 • UGC 4036 • PGC 22031 • CGCG 331-17 • MCG + 12-08-15 • IRAS 07460 + 7308 • 2MASX J07515477 + 7300564 • LDCE 0573 NED003 | |
NGC 2441 is a bar-spiral galaxy in the constellation Giraffe in the northern sky . It is an estimated 160 million light-years from the Milky Way and about 90,000 light-years across.
The Type Ia supernova SN 1995E was observed here.
The object was discovered on August 8, 1882 by the astronomer Ernst Wilhelm Leberecht Tempel with a 24 cm telescope.
Web links
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