NGC 2592
| Galaxy NGC 2592 |
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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 27 m 08.0 s |
| declination | + 25 ° 58 ′ 13 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E. |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.4 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.4 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.7 '× 1.4' |
| Position angle | 45 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.4 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.006601 ± 0.000017 |
| Radial velocity | (1979 ± 5) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(85 ± 6) · 10 6 ly (26.2 ± 1.8) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | March 11, 1785 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 2592 • UGC 4411 • PGC 23701 • CGCG 119-102 • MCG + 04-20-055 • 2MASX J08270808 + 2558132 • GC 1660 • H II 315 • h 505 • | |
NGC 2592 is an elliptical galaxy of Hubble type E in the constellation Cancer on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 85 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered on March 11, 1785 by Wilhelm Herschel .