NGC 2521
| Galaxy NGC 2521 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | lynx |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 08 h 08 m 49.4 s |
| declination | + 57 ° 46 ′ 11 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SA0 ^ - pec |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.1 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.1 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.2 ′ × 0.7 ′ |
| Position angle | 45 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.0 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.018413 ± 0.000063 |
| Radial velocity | (5520 ± 19) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(250 ± 18) x 10 6 ly (76.5 ± 5.4) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | February 9, 1831 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 2521 • UGC 4235 • PGC 22866 • 2MASX J08084939 + 5746105 • | |
NGC 2521 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type E-S0 in the constellation Lynx. It is an estimated 250 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered by John Herschel on February 9, 1831 .