NGC 2512
| Galaxy NGC 2512 |
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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 03 m 07.8 s |
| declination | + 23 ° 23 ′ 31 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SBb / Sbrst |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.1 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.9 likes |
| Angular expansion | 1.4 ′ × 0.9 ′ |
| Position angle | 113 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.2 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | isolated |
| Redshift | 0.015684 ± 0.000020 |
| Radial velocity | (4702 ± 6) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(207 ± 14) · 10 6 ly (63.4 ± 4.4) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | William Herschel |
| Discovery date | February 10, 1787 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 2512 • UGC 4191 • PGC 22596 • CGCG 118-052 • MCG + 04-19-021 • IRAS 08001 + 2331 • 2MASX J08030785 + 2323308 • GC 1614 • H III 605 • h 482 • NVSS J080307 + 232331 • LDCE 547 NED006 • 2MIG 1075 | |
NGC 2512 is a barred spiral galaxy with a high rate of star formation of the Hubble type SBb in the constellation Cancer on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 207 million light years from the Milky Way and about 85,000 light years across .
The object was discovered by Wilhelm Herschel on February 10, 1787 .