NGC 2494

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Galaxy
NGC 2494
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SDSS recording
SDSS recording
AladinLite
Constellation unicorn
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 07 h 59 m 07.1 s
declination -00 ° 38 ′ 17 ″
Appearance
Morphological type (R ') SB (rs) 0 / a HII  
Brightness  (visual) 13.4 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 14.3 mag
Angular expansion 0.9 ′ × 0.7 ′
Position angle 95 °
Surface brightness 12.7 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.012082 ± 0.000053  
Radial velocity (3622 ± 16) km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(155 ± 11)  ·  10 6  ly
(47.5 ± 3.3)  Mpc 
history
discovery Albert Marth
Discovery date February 6, 1864
Catalog names
NGC  2494 • IC  487 • UGC  4141 • PGC  22377 • CGCG  003-002 • MCG  + 00-21-001 • IRAS  07565-0030 • 2MASX  J07590714-0038164 •

NGC 2494 = IC 487 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type SB0-a in the constellation Unicorn. It is an estimated 155 million light years from the Milky Way .

The object was discovered by Albert Marth on February 6, 1864 .

Web links

Commons : NGC 2494  - collection of images, videos, and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d e NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e SEDS : NGC 2494
  3. Seligman