NGC 2594
| Galaxy NGC 2594 |
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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 17.1 s |
| declination | + 25 ° 52 ′ 44 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0 / a |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.1 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.1 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.8 '× 0.5' |
| Position angle | 27 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.0 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.007879 ± 0.000017 |
| Radial velocity | (2362 ± 5) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(103 ± 7) · 10 6 ly (31.5 ± 2.2) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Albert Marth |
| Discovery date | March 29, 1865 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 2594 • PGC 23704 • CGCG 119-106 • MCG + 04-20-056 • 2MASX J08271718 + 2552441 • | |
NGC 2594 is a lenticular galaxy of Hubble type S0 in the constellation Cancer on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 103 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered by Albert Marth on March 29, 1865 .