NGC 2462
| Galaxy NGC 2462 |
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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 56 m 32.0 s |
| declination | + 56 ° 41 ′ 14 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S. |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.3 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.1 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.4 ′ × 0.3 ′ |
| Position angle | 162 ° |
| Surface brightness | 10.8 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | WBL 161-001 |
| Redshift | 0.028730 ± 0.000090 |
| Radial velocity | 8613 ± 27 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(387 ± 27) · 10 6 ly (118.8 ± 8.3) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Bindon B. Stoney |
| Discovery date | February 20, 1851 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 2462 • PGC 22259 • CGCG 287-009 • MCG + 10-12-024 • 2MASX J07563202 + 5641133 • NVSS J075632 + 564113 • HOLM 088B • LDCE 549 NED002 | |
NGC 2462 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type S in the constellation Lynx at the northern sky . It is an estimated 387 million light years from the Milky Way and about 45,000 light years across .
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies NGC 2458 , NGC 2463 , NGC 2469 , NGC 2473 , among others .
The object was discovered by Bindon Blood Stoney on February 20, 1851 and added to the New General Catalog by Johan Ludvig Emil Dreyer .