NGC 2544
| Galaxy NGC 2544 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | giraffe |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 08 h 21 m 40.3 s |
| declination | + 73 ° 59 ′ 18 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | (R ') SB (s) a / Sbrst |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.0 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.9 likes |
| Angular expansion | 1.1 ′ × 0.8 ′ |
| Position angle | 70 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.7 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.009433 ± 0.000083 |
| Radial velocity | 2828 ± 25 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(132 ± 9) x 10 6 ly (40.4 ± 2.9) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Lewis Swift |
| Discovery date | September 7, 1885 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 2544 • UGC 4327 • PGC 23453 • CGCG 331-036 • MCG + 12-08-034 • IRAS 08159 + 7409 • KUG 0815 + 741 • 2MASX J08214030 + 7359181 • Mrk 87 • KPG 160A | |
NGC 2544 is a barred spiral galaxy with a high rate of star formation of the Hubble type SBa in the constellation Giraffe in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 132 million light years from the Milky Way and about 40,000 light years in diameter. Together with PGC 23462 , it forms the pair of galaxies KPG 160 .
The galaxies NGC 2550 and NGC 2551 are located in the same area of the sky .
The object was discovered by Lewis Swift on September 7, 1885 .