NGC 2501
| Galaxy NGC 2501 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Aft deck of the ship |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 07 h 58 m 30.0 s |
| declination | -14 ° 12 ′ 15 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SAB (r) 0 ^ 0 ^ |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.5 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.5 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.4 ′ × 1 ′ |
| Position angle | 120 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.8 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.007222 ± 0.000013 |
| Radial velocity | (2165 ± 4) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(88 ± 6) · 10 6 ly (27.1 ± 1.9) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | February 14, 1836 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 2501 • PGC 22354 • MCG -02-21-002 • 2MASX J07583004-1421154 • | |
NGC 2501 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble-type S0 in the constellation aft deck of the ship in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 88 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered by John Herschel on February 14, 1836 .