NGC 2502
| Galaxy NGC 2502 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Keel of the ship |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 07 h 55 m 51.5 s |
| declination | -52 ° 18 ′ 24 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB (rs) 0 ^ + |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.2 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.2 mag |
| Angular expansion | 2.1 ′ × 1.3 ′ |
| Position angle | 126 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.1 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.003551 ± 0.000020 |
| Radial velocity | (1065 ± 6) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(38 ± 3) x 10 6 ly (11.5 ± 0.8) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | January 5, 1837 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 2502 • PGC 22210 • ESO 209-008 • 2MASX J07555149-5218242 • LDCE 0524 NED003 | |
NGC 2502 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0 in the constellation Kiel des Schiff in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 38 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered by John Herschel on January 5, 1837 .