NGC 2456
| Galaxy NGC 2456 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | lynx |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 07 h 54 m 10.6 s |
| declination | + 55 ° 29 ′ 43 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E. |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.1 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.1 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.1 ′ × 0.8 ′ |
| Position angle | 30 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.0 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | WBL 158 |
| Redshift | 0.024557 ± 0.000090 |
| Radial velocity | 7362 ± 27 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(331 ± 23) · 10 6 ly (101.6 ± 7.1) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | February 10, 1831 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 2456 • UGC 4073 • PGC 22129 • CGCG 262-044 • MCG + 09-13-082 • 2MASX J07541065 + 5529431 • LDCE 542 NED002 | |
NGC 2456 is an elliptical galaxy of Hubble type E3 in the constellation Lynx at the northern sky . It is estimated to be 331 million light years from the Milky Way and about 105,000 light years across. It probably forms a gravitationally bound galaxy pair with NGC 2457 .
The object was discovered by John Herschel on February 10, 1831 .