NGC 2598
| Galaxy NGC 2598 |
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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 30 m 02.5 s |
| declination | + 21 ° 29 ′ 19 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SBa? |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.0 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.9 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.3 '× 0.6' |
| Position angle | 3 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.6 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | NGC 2595 group LGG 159 |
| Redshift | 0.015374 ± 0.000033 |
| Radial velocity | 4609 ± 10 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(202 ± 14) · 10 6 ly (62.0 ± 4.3) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Albert Marth |
| Discovery date | January 1, 1864 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 2598 • UGC 4443 • PGC 23855 • CGCG 119-116 • MCG + 04-20-065 • IRAS F08271 + 2139 • 2MASX J08300254 + 2129184 • NSA 91316 | |
NGC 2598 is a barred spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBa in the constellation Cancer on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 202 million light years away from the Milky Way and about 80,000 light years in diameter.
The galaxies NGC 2595 and IC 2382 are in the same area of the sky .
The object was discovered by Albert Marth on January 1st, 1864 .