NGC 2607
| Galaxy NGC 2607 |
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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 56.6 s |
| declination | + 26 ° 58 ′ 23 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Scd (r) / LINER |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.0 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.7 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.9 ′ × 0.8 ′ |
| Position angle | 57 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.5 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.011768 ± 0.000023 |
| Radial velocity | (3528 ± 7) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(155 ± 11) · 10 6 ly (47.5 ± 3.3) Mpc |
| diameter | 45,000 ly |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | December 24, 1827 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 2607 • UGC 4473 • PGC 24038 • CGCG 149-051 • MCG + 05-20-025 • IRAS F08309 + 2708 • KUG 0830 + 271 • 2MASX J08335666 + 2658219 • | |
NGC 2607 is a spiral galaxy with an active nucleus of the Hubble-type Sc in the constellation Cancer on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 155 million light years from the Milky Way and about 40,000 light years in diameter .
The object was discovered by John Herschel on December 24, 1827 .
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