NGC 2606
| Galaxy NGC 2606 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Big Bear |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 08 h 35 m 34.4 s |
| declination | + 52 ° 47 ′ 20 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sbc / NLAGN |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.3 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.1 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.7 ′ × 0.3 ′ |
| Position angle | 45 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.5 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.044388 ± 0.000099 |
| Radial velocity | (13307 ± 30) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(597 ± 42) · 10 6 ly (182.9 ± 12.8) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | February 16, 1831 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 2606 • PGC 24117 • CGCG 263-059 • MCG + 09-14-072 • 2MASX J08353444 + 5247196 • | |
NGC 2606 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sbc in the constellation Ursa Major. It is estimated to be 597 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered by John Herschel on February 16, 1831 .