NGC 2596
| Galaxy NGC 2596 |
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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 26.5 s |
| declination | + 17 ° 17 ′ 03 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sb |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.4 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.2 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.5 '× 0.6' |
| Position angle | 65 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.1 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.019807 ± 0.000006 |
| Radial velocity | (5938 ± 2) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(261 ± 18) x 10 6 ly (80.0 ± 5.6) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Albert Marth |
| Discovery date | January 26, 1865 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 2596 • UGC 4419 • PGC 23714 • CGCG 089-030 • MCG + 03-22-013 • 2MASX J08272651 + 1717030 • | |
NGC 2596 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sb in the constellation Cancer on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 261 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered by Albert Marth on January 26, 1865 .