NGC 2508
| Galaxy NGC 2508 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Small dog |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 08 h 01 m 57.2 s |
| declination | + 08 ° 33 ′ 07 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0 ^ 0 ^ pec |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.9 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.9 likes |
| Angular expansion | 1.4 ′ × 1.1 ′ |
| Position angle | 130 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.4 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.014600 +/- 0.000080 |
| Radial velocity | 4377 +/- 24 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(190 ± 13) · 10 6 ly (58.3 ± 4.1) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | January 23, 1784 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 2508 • UGC 4174 • PGC 22528 • CGCG 059-018 • MCG + 02-21-004 • 2MASX J08015724 + 0833064 • GC 1618 • H III 7 • h 484 • LDCE 0551 NED004 | |
NGC 2508 is a lenticular galaxy of type E-S0 in the constellation Little Dog . It is estimated to be 190 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered by Wilhelm Herschel on January 23, 1784.
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