NGC 2493

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Galaxy
NGC 2493
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SDSS recording
SDSS recording
AladinLite
Constellation lynx
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 08 h 00 m 23.6 s
declination + 39 ° 49 ′ 50 ″
Appearance
Morphological type SB0  
Brightness  (visual) 12.0 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 13.0 likes
Angular expansion 1.9 ′ × 1.9 ′
Surface brightness 13.2 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Affiliation LGG 148  
Redshift 0.013042 ± 0.000050  
Radial velocity (3910 ± 15) km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(174 ± 12)  ·  10 6  ly
(53.5 ± 3.7)  Mpc 
history
discovery Wilhelm Herschel
Discovery date December 31, 1788
Catalog names
NGC  2493 • UGC  4150 • PGC  22447 • CGCG  207.014 • MCG  + 07-17-007 • 2MASX  J08002366 + 3949494 • GC  1604 • H  III 750 • h  476 • LDCE 0552 NED002, spar 091A

NGC 2493 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type SB0 in the constellation Lynx in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 174 million light years from the Milky Way .

The object was discovered by Wilhelm Herschel on December 31, 1788 .

Web links

Commons : NGC 2493  - collection of images, videos, and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d e f NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d SEDS : NGC 2493
  3. Seligman