NGC 2497
| Galaxy NGC 2497 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | lynx |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 08 h 02 m 11.1 s |
| declination | + 56 ° 56 ′ 32 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E? |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.2 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.2 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.4 ′ × 1.2 ′ |
| Position angle | 24 ° |
| Surface brightness | 14.8 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.027262 ± 0.000467 |
| Radial velocity | (8173 ± 140) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(368 ± 26) · 10 6 ly (112.8 ± 8.1) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | March 18, 1790 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 2497 • UGC 4168 • PGC 22547 • CGCG 287-032 • MCG + 10-12-061 • 2MASX J08021114 + 5656325 • GC 1606 • H III 838 • LDCE 0549 NED011 | |
NGC 2497 is an elliptical galaxy of the Hubble type E-S0 in the constellation Lynx in the northern sky . It is an estimated 368 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered by Wilhelm Herschel on March 18, 1790 .