NGC 2559
| Galaxy NGC 2559 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Aft deck of the ship |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 08 h 17 m 06.1 s |
| declination | -27 ° 27 ′ 21 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB (s) bc pec |
| Brightness (visual) | 10.9 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 11.7 mag |
| Angular expansion | 3.0 '× 1.4' |
| Position angle | 6 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.3 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.005200 ± 0.000017 |
| Radial velocity | (1559 ± 5) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(60 ± 4) · 10 6 ly (18.4 ± 1.3) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | February 5, 1837 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 2559 • UGC A 136 • PGC 23222 • ESO 494-041 • MCG -04-20-003 • 2MASX J08170607-2727209 • VV 475 • LDCE 0561 NED007 | |
NGC 2559 is a barred spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBbc in the constellation aft deck of the ship. It is estimated to be 60 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered by John Herschel on February 5, 1837 .