NGC 2505
Galaxy NGC 2505 |
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NGC 2505 with LEDA 2443853 SDSS Recording | |
AladinLite | |
Constellation | lynx |
Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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Right ascension | 08 h 04 m 06.8 s |
declination | + 53 ° 32 ′ 57 ″ |
Appearance | |
Morphological type | SBa |
Brightness (visual) | 13.2 mag |
Brightness (B-band) | 14.1 mag |
Angular expansion | 1.2 ′ × 0.6 ′ |
Position angle | 0 ° |
Surface brightness | 12.7 mag / arcmin² |
Physical data | |
Redshift | 0.032519 ± 0.000137 |
Radial velocity | 9749 ± 41 km / s |
Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(438 ± 31) · 10 6 ly (134.2 ± 9.4) Mpc |
diameter | 150,000 ly |
history | |
discovery | William Herschel |
Discovery date | March 18, 1790 |
Catalog names | |
NGC 2505 • UGC 4193 • PGC 22644 • MCG + 09-13-115 • 2MASX J08040682 + 5332572 • GC 1610 • H III 839 • |
NGC 2505 is a bar-spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBa in the constellation Lynx in the northern sky . It is around 438 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 150,000 light years .
The object was discovered by William Herschel on March 18, 1790 .