NGC 2469
| Galaxy NGC 2469 |
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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 58 m 03.4 s |
| declination | + 56 ° 40 ′ 50 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sbc pec |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.6 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.4 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.0 ′ × 0.7 ′ |
| Position angle | 160 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.1 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.011638 ± 0.000037 |
| Radial velocity | (3489 ± 11) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(159 ± 11) · 10 6 ly (48.6 ± 3.4) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | March 18, 1790 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 2469 • UGC 4111 • PGC 22327 • CGCG 287-017 • MCG + 10-12-035 • 2MASX J07580344 + 5640496 • GC 1590 • H III 836 • h 470 • | |
NGC 2469 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sb / P in the constellation Lynx the northern sky . It is an estimated 159 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered by Wilhelm Herschel on March 18, 1790 .