NGC 2487
| Galaxy NGC 2487 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Twins |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 07 h 58 m 20.4 s |
| declination | + 25 ° 08 ′ 57 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB (r) c / LINER |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.5 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.2 mag |
| Angular expansion | 2.7 ′ × 2.1 ′ |
| Position angle | 115 ° |
| Surface brightness | 14.2 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | LGG 152 |
| Redshift | 0.016148 ± 0.000010 |
| Radial velocity | (4841 ± 3) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(213 ± 15) · 10 6 ly (65.4 ± 4.6) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Albert Marth |
| Discovery date | November 7, 1864 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 2487 • UGC 4126 • PGC 22343 • CGCG 118-030 • MCG + 04-19-012 • IRAS 07553 + 2517 • 2MASX J07582044 + 2508573 • spar 90A • LDCE 547 NED003 | |
NGC 2487 is a bar-spiral galaxy with an active nucleus of the Hubble type SBb in the constellation Gemini on the ecliptic . It is an estimated 213 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 170,000 ly. It is likely to form a bound galaxy pair with NGC 2486 .
The galaxies NGC 2498 , IC 481 , IC 482 are still in the same area of the sky .
The object was discovered by Albert Marth on November 7, 1864 .
NGC 2487 group ( LGG 152 )
| Galaxy | Alternative name | Distance / million Lj |
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| NGC 2487 | PGC 22343 | 213 |
| NGC 2486 | PGC 22317 | 205 |
| NGC 2498 | PGC 22403 | 208 |
| PGC 22205 | UGC 4099 | 206 |
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