NGC 2458
| Galaxy NGC 2458 |
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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 55 m 51.4 s |
| declination | + 56 ° 42 ′ 38 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E-S0 |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.5 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.5 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.4 ′ × 0.3 ′ |
| Position angle | 170 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.3 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.045782 ± 0.000097 |
| Radial velocity | (13725 ± 29) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(616 ± 43) · 10 6 ly (188.9 ± 13.2) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Bindon B. Stoney |
| Discovery date | February 20, 1851 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 2458 • PGC 22220 • MCG + 10-12-016 • 2MASX J07555134 + 5642381 • | |
NGC 2458 is an elliptical galaxy of the Hubble type E-S0 in the constellation Lynx in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 616 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered by Bindon Blood Stoney on February 20, 1851 .