NGC 2549
| Galaxy NGC 2549 |
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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 18 m 58.3 s |
| declination | + 57 ° 48 ′ 11 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SA (r) 0 ^ 0 ^ / PAS |
| Brightness (visual) | 11.2 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 12.2 mag |
| Angular expansion | 3.8 ′ × 1.2 ′ |
| Position angle | 177 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.7 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.003506 ± 0.000017 |
| Radial velocity | (1051 ± 5) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(50 ± 4) · 10 6 ly (15.3 ± 1.1) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | February 9, 1831 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 2549 • UGC 4313 • PGC 23313 • CGCG 287-069 • MCG + 10-12-124 • 2MASX J08185834 + 5748111 • | |
NGC 2549 is a lenticular galaxy of Hubble type S0 in the constellation Lynx. It is estimated to be 50 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered by John Herschel on February 9, 1831 .