NGC 2599
| Galaxy NGC 2599 |
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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 32 m 11.3 s |
| declination | + 22 ° 33 ′ 38 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SAa |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.2 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.1 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.9 'x 1.7' |
| Position angle | 3 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.3 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.015814 ± 0.000008 |
| Radial velocity | 4741 ± 2 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(208 ± 15) · 10 6 ly (63.9 ± 4.5) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | William Herschel |
| Discovery date | November 16, 1784 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 2599 • UGC 4458 • PGC 23941 • CGCG 119-122 • MCG + 04-20-067 • IRAS 08292 + 2243 • KUG 0829 + 227A • 2MASX J08321129 + 2233380 • Mrk 389 • GC 1662 • H III 234 • h 507 • HIPASS J0832 + 22 • LDCE 571 NED021 | |
NGC 2599 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sa in the constellation Cancer on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 208 million light years from the Milky Way and about 120,000 light years in diameter.
The supernova SN 1965P was observed here.
The object was discovered on November 16, 1784 by Wilhelm Herschel .
Web links
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