NGC 2532
| Galaxy NGC 2532 |
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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 10 m 15.2 s |
| declination | + 33 ° 57 ′ 24 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SAB (rs) c |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.3 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.0 likes |
| Angular expansion | 1.9 ′ × 1.4 ′ |
| Position angle | 10 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.2 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.017519 ± 0.000010 |
| Radial velocity | 5252 ± 3 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(233 ± 16) x 10 6 ly (71.5 ± 5.0) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | William Herschel |
| Discovery date | February 5, 1788 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 2532 • UGC 4256 • PGC 22922 • CGCG 178-032 • MCG + 06-18-013 • IRAS 08070 + 3406 • KUG 0807 + 341 • 2MASX J08101519 + 3357233 • GC 1626 • H II 726 • h 489 • NSA 156509 | |
NGC 2532 is a barred spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBc in the constellation Lynx in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 233 million light years from the Milky Way and about 130,000 ly in diameter.
The supernovae SN 1999gb (Type-IIn) and SN 2002hn (Type-Ic) were observed here.
The object was discovered by Wilhelm Herschel on February 5, 1788 .