NGC 2604
| Galaxy NGC 2604 |
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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 33 m 23.1 s |
| declination | + 29 ° 32 ′ 20 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB (rs) cd; WR; HIISbrst |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.6 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.3 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.7 ′ × 1.7 ′ |
| Surface brightness | 13.6 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.006930 ± 0.000011 |
| Radial velocity | (2078 ± 3) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(91 ± 6) · 10 6 ly (27.8 ± 1.9) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | March 12, 1785 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 2604 • UGC 4469 • PGC 23998 • CGCG 149-048 • MCG + 05-20-022 • IRAS 08303 + 2942 • KUG 0830 + 297 • 2MASX J08332305 + 2932190 • GC 1665 • H III 292 • h h 509 • | |
NGC 2604 is a barred spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBc in the constellation Cancer on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 91 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered by Wilhelm Herschel on March 12, 1785 .
Web links
Commons : NGC 2604 - collection of images, videos, and audio files
