NGC 2505

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Galaxy
NGC 2505
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NGC 2505 with LEDA 2443853 [1] SDSS recording
NGC 2505 with LEDA 2443853 SDSS Recording
AladinLite
Constellation lynx
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
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 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Aladin Lite
  2. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  3. a b c d e f SEDS : NGC 2505
  4. Seligman