NGC 2615

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Galaxy
NGC 2615
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SDSS recording
SDSS recording
AladinLite
Constellation Water snake
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 08 h 34 m 33.3 s
declination -02 ° 32 ′ 49 ″
Appearance
Morphological type SB (rs) b / HII  
Brightness  (visual) 12.6 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 13.4 mag
Angular expansion 1.9 ′ × 1.1 ′
Position angle 40 °
Surface brightness 13.3 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Affiliation isolated  
Redshift 0.014083 ± 0.000033  
Radial velocity 4222 ± 10 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(181 ± 13)  ·  10 6  ly
(55.6 ± 3.9)  Mpc 
history
discovery Édouard Stephan
Discovery date February 6, 1885
Catalog names
NGC  2615 • UGC  4481 • PGC  24071 • CGCG  004-059 • MCG  + 00-22-019 • IRAS  08320-0222 • 2MASX  J08343335-0232485 • NVSS J083433-023252 • NSA 156783 • 2MIG 1153

NGC 2615 is a bar-spiral galaxy with extensive star formation regions of the Hubble type SBb in the constellation Hydra south of the ecliptic . It is an estimated 181 million light years away from the Milky Way and about 110,000 light years in diameter.

In the same area of ​​the sky are u. a. the galaxies IC 510 , IC 514 , IC 515 , IC 517 .

The Type Ia supernova SN 2014ao was observed here.

The object was discovered by Édouard Stephan on February 6, 1885 .

Web links

Commons : NGC 2615  - collection of images, videos, and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d e NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e f SEDS : NGC 2615
  3. Simbad
  4. Seligman