NGC 2507
| Galaxy NGC 2507 |
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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 01 m 37.1 s |
| declination | + 15 ° 42 ′ 37 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0 / a |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.7 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.6 mag |
| Angular expansion | 2.5 ′ × 1.8 ′ |
| Position angle | 126 ° |
| Surface brightness | 14.2 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | LGG 153 |
| Redshift | 0.015220 ± 0.000100 |
| Radial velocity | 4563 ± 30 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(199 ± 14) · 10 6 ly (61.1 ± 4.3) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | William Herschel |
| Discovery date | March 18, 1786 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 2507 • UGC 4172 • PGC 22510 • CGCG 088-020 • MCG + 03-21-010 • 2MASX J08013724 + 1542355 • GC 1612 • H II 554 • h 481 • LDCE 550 NED005 | |
NGC 2507 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0 / a in the constellation Cancer on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 199 million light-years from the Milky Way and about 150,000 light-years across.
In the same area of the sky is u. a. the galaxy NGC 2514 .
The object was discovered by William Herschel on March 18, 1786 .