NGC 2474
| Galaxy NGC 2474 |
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| NGC 2474 & NGC 2475 | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | lynx |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 07 h 57 m 58.9 s |
| declination | + 52 ° 51 ′ 26 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E0 |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.3 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.3 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.6 ′ × 0.6 ′ |
| Surface brightness | 12.3 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.018776 ± 0.000113 |
| Radial velocity | (5629 ± 34) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(253 ± 18) x 10 6 ly (77.7 ± 5.5) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | March 17, 1790 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 2474 • UGC 4114 • PGC 22321 • CGCG 262-052 NED01 • MCG + 09-13-096 • GC 1591 • H III 830 • h 471 • | |
NGC 2474 is an elliptical galaxy from the Hubble type E0 in the constellation Lynx the northern sky . It is an estimated 253 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered by Wilhelm Herschel on March 17, 1790 .