NGC 2480
| Galaxy NGC 2480 |
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| NGC 2481 and NGC 2480 (center), SDSS Recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Twins |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 07 h 57 m 10.4 s |
| declination | + 23 ° 46 ′ 47 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sc / WR? / HII |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.3 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.0 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.3 ′ × 0.7 ′ |
| Position angle | 160 ° |
| Surface brightness | 14.0 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | LGG 150 |
| Redshift | 0.007822 ± 0.000003 |
| Radial velocity | (2345 ± 1) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(102 ± 7) · 10 6 ly (31.2 ± 2.2) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | RJ Mitchell |
| Discovery date | February 1, 1856 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 2480 • UGC 4116 • PGC 22289 • CGCG 118-026 • MCG + 04-19-009 • 2MASX J07571044 + 2346466 • HOLM 089B | |
NGC 2480 is a bar-spiral galaxy with extensive star formation regions of the Hubble type SBcd in the constellation Gemini on the ecliptic . It is an estimated 102 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 40,000 ly. It is likely to form a bound galaxy pair with NGC 2481 .
The galaxy IC 481 is still in the same area of the sky .
The object was discovered by RJ Mitchell on February 1, 1856 .
Web links
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