NGC 2563
| Galaxy NGC 2563 |
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![NGC 2563 with LEDA 23406 (lo) [1]](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:NGC2563_-_SDSS_DR14.jpg)
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| NGC 2563 with LEDA 23406 (lo) | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | cancer |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 08 h 20 m 35.7 s |
| declination | + 21 ° 04 ′ 04 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0 ^ 0: / BrClG |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.3 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.3 mag |
| Angular expansion | 2.0 '× 1.7' |
| Position angle | 80 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.5 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | Cancer Cluster WBL 178 NGC 2563 Group LGG 158 |
| Redshift | 0.014944 ± 0.000060 |
| Radial velocity | 4480 ± 18 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(196 ± 14) · 10 6 ly (60.2 ± 4.2) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | William Herschel |
| Discovery date | February 13, 1787 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 2563 • UGC 4347 • PGC 23404 • CGCG 119-065 • MCG + 04-20-033 • 2MASX J08203567 + 2104042 • GC 1646 • H II 634 • h 501 • NSA 84188 • LDCE 571 NED010 | |
NGC 2563 is a lenticular galaxy of Hubble type S0 in the constellation Cancer on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 196 million light years from the Milky Way and about 120,000 light years in diameter.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies NGC 2560 , NGC 2562 , NGC 2569 , NGC 2570 .
The object was discovered by Wilhelm Herschel on February 13, 1787 .