NGC 2578
| Galaxy NGC 2578 |
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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 21 m 24.3 s |
| declination | -13 ° 09 ′ 04 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB (r) 0 / a pec AGN |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.6 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.5 likes |
| Angular expansion | 2.2 '× 1.3' |
| Position angle | 80 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.6 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.015347 ± 0.000033 |
| Radial velocity | (4601 ± 10) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(197 ± 14) · 10 6 ly (60.4 ± 4.2) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | March 8, 1793 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 2578 • PGC 23440 • MCG -02-22-002 • 2MASX J08212426-1319045 • GC 1654 • H III 902 • h 3121 • | |
NGC 2578 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type SB0-a in the constellation aft deck of the ship. It is an estimated 197 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered by Wilhelm Herschel on March 8, 1793 .