NGC 2522
| Galaxy NGC 2522 |
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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 06 m 13.4 s |
| declination | + 17 ° 42 ′ 24 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0 / a |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.6 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.5 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.0 ′ × 0.3 ′ |
| Position angle | 32 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.2 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.015694 ± 0.000167 |
| Radial velocity | (4705 ± 50) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(206 ± 15) · 10 6 ly (63.2 ± 4.5) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Albert Marth |
| Discovery date | January 26, 1865 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 2522 • UGC 4218 • PGC 22749 • CGCG 088-031 • MCG + 03-21-014 • 2MASX J08003663 + 2224002 • LDCE 0556 NED001 | |
NGC 2522 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0-a in the constellation Cancer on the ecliptic . It is an estimated 206 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered by Albert Marth on January 26, 1865 .