NGC 2593
| Galaxy NGC 2593 |
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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 26 m 47.8 s |
| declination | + 17 ° 22 ′ 30 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0 / a |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.0 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.9 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.9 '× 0.5' |
| Position angle | 172 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.0 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.021068 ± 0.000170 |
| Radial velocity | (6316 ± 51) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(278 ± 20) x 10 6 ly (85.2 ± 6.0) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Albert Marth |
| Discovery date | January 26, 1865 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 2593 • UGC 4408 • PGC 23692 • CGCG 089-029 • MCG + 03-22-012 • 2MASX J08264782 + 1722296 • | |
NGC 2593 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0 / a in the constellation Cancer on the ecliptic . It is an estimated 278 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered by Albert Marth on January 26, 1865 .