NGC 2470
| Galaxy NGC 2470 |
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![SDSS image from NGC 2470 [1]](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:NGC2470_-_SDSS_DR14.jpg)
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| SDSS image from NGC 2470 | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Small dog |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 07 h 54 m 20.77 s |
| declination | + 04 ° 27 ′ 34.9 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sab |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.9 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.7 mag |
| Angular expansion | 2.0 'x 0.6' |
| Position angle | 128 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.9 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | isolated |
| Redshift | 0.013513 ± 0.000040 |
| Radial velocity | 4051 ± 12 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(175 ± 12) · 10 6 ly (53.6 ± 3.8) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Lewis Swift |
| Discovery date | October 24, 1886 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 2470 • UGC 4091 • PGC 22137 • CGCG 030-029 • MCG + 01-20-009 • IRAS 07517 + 0435 • 2MASX J07542077 + 0427347 • GALEX ASC J075420.58 + 042735.6 • NSA 134711 • 2MIG 1041 | |
NGC 2470 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sab in the constellation Canis Minor south of the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 175 million light years from the Milky Way and about 110,000 light years in diameter.
The object was discovered by Lewis Swift on October 24, 1886 .