NGC 2612
| Galaxy NGC 2612 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Water snake |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 08 h 33 m 50.1 s |
| declination | -13 ° 10 ′ 28 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0- |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.7 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.7 mag |
| Angular expansion | 2.8 ′ × 0.6 ′ |
| Position angle | 120 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.3 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.005450 ± 0.000067 |
| Radial velocity | (1634 ± 20) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(65 ± 5) x 10 6 ly (19.8 ± 1.4) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | February 14, 1836 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 2612 • PGC 24028 • MCG -02-22-020 • 2MASX J08335002-1310290 • | |
NGC 2612 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type E-S0 in the constellation of Water Snake. It is estimated to be 65 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered by John Herschel on February 14, 1836 .