NGC 2503
| Galaxy NGC 2503 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | cancer |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 08 h 00 m 36.7 s |
| declination | + 22 ° 24 '00 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SAB (rs) bc |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.0 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.8 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.0 ′ × 1.0 ′ |
| Surface brightness | 13.9 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | (0.018366 ± 0.000023) |
| Radial velocity | (5506 ± 7) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(243 ± 17) x 10 6 ly (74.4 ± 5.2) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Albert Marth |
| Discovery date | February 17, 1865 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 2503 • UGC 4158 • PGC 22453 • CGCG 118-041 • MCG + 04-19-019 • 2MASX J08003663 + 2224002 • | |
NGC 2503 is a barred spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBb in the constellation Cancer on the ecliptic . It is an estimated 243 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered by Albert Marth on February 17, 1865 .