NGC 2605
| Galaxy NGC 2605 |
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| NGC 2602 & NGC 2605 | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Big Bear |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 08 h 34 m 53.3 s |
| declination | + 52 ° 48 ′ 16 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S / NLAGN |
| Brightness (visual) | 15.5 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 16.4 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.4 '× 0.3' |
| Position angle | 20 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.0 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.044120 ± 0.000087 |
| Radial velocity | 13,227 ± 26 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(593 ± 41) · 10 6 ly (181.8 ± 12.7) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | RJ Mitchell |
| Discovery date | March 11, 1858 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 2605 • PGC 2424112 • 2MASX J08345328 + 5248157 • GALEX ASC J083453.28 + 524816.6 • 2MASS J08345332 + 5248155 • NSA 10147 • ASK 49951.0 | |
NGC 2605 is a spiral galaxy with an active nucleus of the Hubble type S in the constellation Great Bear in the northern sky . It is an estimated 593 million light years away from the Milky Way and about 70,000 light years in diameter .
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 2600 , NGC 2602 , NGC 2603 , NGC 2606 .
The object was discovered by RJ Mitchell on March 11, 1858 .
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