NGC 2549
Galaxy NGC 2549 |
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SDSS recording | |
AladinLite | |
Constellation | lynx |
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 |
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 .