NGC 2475

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Galaxy
NGC 2475
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NGC 2474 & NGC 2475
NGC 2474 & NGC 2475
AladinLite
Constellation lynx
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 07 h 58 m 00.4 s
declination + 52 ° 51 ′ 42 ″
Appearance
Morphological type E1  
Brightness  (visual) 13.1 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 14.1 mag
Angular expansion 0.8 ′ × 0.8 ′
Surface brightness 12.7 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.018623 ± 0.000153  
Radial velocity (5583 ± 46) km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(251 ± 18)  x  10 6  ly
(77.1 ± 5.4)  Mpc 
history
discovery RJ Mitchell
Discovery date January 9, 1856
Catalog names
NGC  2475 • UGC  4114 • PGC  22322 • CGCG  262-052 NED02 • MCG  + 09-13-097 •

NGC 2475 is an elliptical galaxy from the Hubble type E1 in the constellation Lynx the northern sky . It is an estimated 252 million light years from the Milky Way .

The object was discovered by RJ Mitchell on January 9, 1856 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e SEDS : NGC 2475
  3. Seligman