NGC 2538
Galaxy NGC 2538 |
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SDSS recording | |
AladinLite | |
Constellation | Small dog |
Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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Right ascension | 08 h 11 m 23.1 s |
declination | + 03 ° 37 ′ 59 ″ |
Appearance | |
Morphological type | (R ') SBa |
Brightness (visual) | 12.7 mag |
Brightness (B-band) | 13.6 mag |
Angular expansion | 1.5 ′ × 1.2 ′ |
Position angle | 25 ° |
Surface brightness | 13.2 mag / arcmin² |
Physical data | |
Redshift | 0.013339 +/- 0.000087 |
Radial velocity | 3999 +/- 26 km / s |
Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(172 ± 12) · 10 6 ly (52.8 ± 3.7) Mpc |
history | |
discovery | Edouard Stephan |
Discovery date | February 2, 1877 |
Catalog names | |
NGC 2538 • UGC 4266 • PGC 22962 • CGCG 031-067 • MCG + 01-21-019 • 2MASX J08112308 + 0337587 • LDCE 0551 NED006 |
NGC 2538 is a bar-spiral galaxy of type SBa in the constellation Little Dog . It is estimated to be 172 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered by the French astronomer Edouard Stephan on February 2, 1877.
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