NGC 2573
| Galaxy NGC 2573 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Octant |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 01 h 41 m 37.3 s |
| declination | -89 ° 20 ′ 04 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SAB (rs +) c |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.4 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.1 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.9 'x 0.7' |
| Position angle | 85 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.6 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.008102 ± 0.000017 |
| Radial velocity | (2429 ± 5) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(101 ± 7) x 10 6 ly (30.9 ± 2.2) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | March 29, 1837 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 2573 • PGC 6249 • ESO 001-001 • IRAS 02425-8934 • 2MASX J01413509-8920041 • | |
NGC 2573 , also called Polarissima Australis, is a bar-spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBc in the constellation Octant. It is estimated to be 101 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered by John Herschel on March 29, 1837 .