NGC 2601
| Galaxy NGC 2601 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Flying fish |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 08 h 25 m 30.6 s |
| declination | -68 ° 07 ′ 04 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | (R'L) SAB (rs) a |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.5 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.4 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.6 ′ × 1.1 ′ |
| Position angle | 120 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.0 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | isolated |
| Redshift | 0.01111 ± 0.00015 |
| Radial velocity | 3331 ± 45 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(139 ± 10) · 10 6 ly (42.7 ± 3.1) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | March 5, 1835 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 2601 • PGC 23637 • ESO 060-005 • IRAS 08251-6757 • 2MASX J08253070-6807037 • SGC 082510-6757.2 • GC 1663 • h 3126 • GALEX ASC J082530.54-680704.2 • 2MIG 1128 | |
NGC 2601 is a bar-spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBa and is located in the constellation Flying Fish in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 135 million light years away from the Milky Way and about 65,000 light years in diameter . The galaxy has an angular extent of 1.6 '× 1.1' and an apparent magnitude of 12.5 mag.
The object was discovered by John Herschel on March 5, 1835 .