NGC 2577
| Galaxy NGC 2577 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | cancer |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 08 h 22 m 43.4 s |
| declination | + 22 ° 33 ′ 11 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0- |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.5 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.5 likes |
| Angular expansion | 1.8 '× 1.1' |
| Position angle | 105 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.3 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.006878 ± 0.000017 |
| Radial velocity | (2062 ± 5) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(89 ± 6) · 10 6 ly (27.2 ± 1.9) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | November 16, 1784 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 2577 • UGC 4367 • PGC 23498 • CGCG 119-074 • MCG + 04-20-042 • 2MASX J08224347 + 2233109 • GC 1653 • H II 259 • | |
NGC 2577 is an elliptical galaxy of Hubble type e-S0 in the constellation Cancer on the ecliptic . It is an estimated 89 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered by Wilhelm Herschel on November 16, 1784 .