NGC 2595
| Galaxy NGC 2595 |
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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 42.0 s |
| declination | + 21 ° 28 ′ 45 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SAB (rs) c |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.3 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.0 likes |
| Angular expansion | 3.2 '× 2.4' |
| Position angle | 45 ° |
| Surface brightness | 14.4 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | Cancer cluster NGC 2595 group LGG 159 |
| Redshift | 0.014443 ± 0.000013 |
| Radial velocity | 4330 ± 4 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(190 ± 13) · 10 6 ly (58.2 ± 4.1) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | William Herschel |
| Discovery date | January 11, 1787 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 2595 • UGC 4422 • PGC 23725 • CGCG 119-109 • MCG + 04-20-062 • IRAS 08247 + 2138 • 2MASX J08274198 + 2128447 • GC 1661 • H III 599 • h 506 • GALEX ASC J082741.94 + 212844.4 • LDCE 0571 NED018 • HIPASS J0827 + 21 | |
NGC 2595 is a barred spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBc in the constellation Cancer on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 190 million light years from the Milky Way and about 185,000 light years across.
The galaxies NGC 2598 , IC 2341 , IC 2382 are in the same area of the sky .
The Type Ia / P supernova SN 1999aa was observed here.
The object was discovered by Wilhelm Herschel on January 11, 1787 .