NGC 2513
| Galaxy NGC 2513 |
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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 02 m 24.7 s |
| declination | + 09 ° 24 ′ 49 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E3 |
| Brightness (visual) | 11.6 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 12.6 mag |
| Angular expansion | 2.5 ′ × 2.0 ′ |
| Position angle | 170 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.4 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.015561 ± 0.000031 |
| Radial velocity | (4665 ± 9) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(203 ± 14) · 10 6 ly (62.2 ± 4.4) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | March 3, 1786 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 2513 • UGC 4184 • PGC 22555 • CGCG 059-025 • MCG + 02-21-009 • 2MASX J08065862 + 0800138 • GC 1617 • H III 512 • h 483 • LDCE 0551 NED007 | |
NGC 2513 is an elliptical galaxy of Hubble type E in the constellation Cancer on the ecliptic . It is an estimated 203 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered by Wilhelm Herschel on March 3, 1786 .