NGC 2602

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Galaxy
NGC 2602
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with LEDA 2507703 (lo) & NGC 2605 (ru) [1]
with LEDA 2507703 (lo) & NGC 2605 (ru)
AladinLite
Constellation Big Bear
Position
equinox :  J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 08 h 35 m 04.2 s
declination + 52 ° 49 ′ 54 ″
Appearance
Morphological type S0 / a  
Brightness  (visual) 14.6 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 15.4 mag
Angular expansion 0.6 ′ × 0.3 ′
Position angle 30 °
Surface brightness 11.4 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Affiliation WBL 186-002  
Redshift 0.044609 ± 0.000078  
Radial velocity 13373 ± 23 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0 		(599 ± 42)  ·  10 6  ly
(183.8 ± 12.9)  Mpc 
history
discovery John Herschel
Discovery date February 16, 1831
Catalog names
NGC  2602 • PGC  24099 • CGCG  263-056 • MCG  + 09-14-069 • 2MASX  J08350431 + 5249538 • GALEX ASC J083504.16 + 524954.0

NGC 2602 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0 / a in the constellation Great Bear in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 599 million light years from the Milky Way and about 35,000 light years in diameter .
In the same area of ​​the sky are the galaxies NGC 2600 , NGC 2603 , NGC 2605 , NGC 2606 , among others .

The object was discovered by John Herschel on February 16, 1831 .

Web links

Commons : NGC 2602  - collection of images, videos, and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Aladin Lite
  2. ↑ a b c d e NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  3. ↑ a b c d e SEDS : NGC 2602
  4. ↑ Seligman