NGC 2615
Galaxy NGC 2615 |
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AladinLite | |
Constellation | Water snake |
Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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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 .
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