NGC 2481
| Galaxy NGC 2481 |
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| SDSS image of NGC 2481 (left) & NGC 2480 | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Twins |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 07 h 57 m 13.7 s |
| declination | + 23 ° 46 ′ 04 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0 / a |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.7 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.6 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.4 ′ × 0.5 ′ |
| Position angle | 18 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.2 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | LGG 150 |
| Redshift | 0.007195 ± 0.000017 |
| Radial velocity | (2157 ± 5) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(93 ± 7) · 10 6 ly (28.6 ± 2.0) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | February 28, 1785 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 2481 • UGC 4118 • PGC 22292 • CGCG 118-027 • MCG + 04-19-010 • 2MASX J07571372 + 2346036 • GC 1596 • H II 302 • h 473 • HOLM 089A | |
NGC 2481 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0 / a in the constellation Gemini on the ecliptic . It is an estimated 93 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 40,000 ly. It is likely to form a bound pair of galaxies with NGC 2480 .
The galaxy IC 481 is still in the same area of the sky .
The object was discovered by William Herschel on February 28, 1785 .
Web links
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