NGC 2468

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Galaxy
NGC 2468
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NGC 2468 with LEDA 200240 [1]
NGC 2468 with LEDA 200240
AladinLite
Constellation lynx
Position
equinox :  J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 07 h 58 m 02.46 s
declination + 56 ° 21 ′ 34.5 ″
Appearance
Morphological type SA0:  
Brightness  (visual) 14.0 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 15.0 mag
Angular expansion 1.3 '× 0.6'
Position angle 45 °
Surface brightness 13.6 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.029520 ± 0.000173  
Radial velocity 8850 ± 52 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0 		(398 ± 28)  ·  10 6  ly
(122.0 ± 8.6)  Mpc 
history
discovery Heinrich Louis d'Arrest
Discovery date January 1, 1865
Catalog names
NGC  2468 • UGC  4110 N02 • PGC  22325 • CGCG  287-016 N02 • MCG  + 09-13-095 • 2MASX  J07580247 + 5621346 • NVSS J075802 + 562133 • LDCE 549 NED004

NGC 2468 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0 in the constellation Lynx in the northern sky . It is an estimated 398 million light years from the Milky Way and about 155,000 light years in diameter.

In the same area of ​​the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 2462 , NGC 2463 , NGC 2469 , NGC 2472 .

The object was discovered on January 1, 1865 by Heinrich Louis d'Arrest .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Aladin Lite
  2. ↑ a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  3. ↑ a b c d e f SEDS : NGC 2468
  4. ↑ Seligman