NGC 2617
| Galaxy NGC 2617 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Water snake |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 08 h 35 m 38.8 s |
| declination | -04 ° 05 ′ 18 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sc? /Sy1.8 |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.8 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.7 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.1 ′ × 0.8 ′ |
| Position angle | 117 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.5 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.014213 ± 0.000013 |
| Radial velocity | (4261 ± 4) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(183 ± 13) · 10 6 ly (56.1 ± 3.9) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Edouard Stephan |
| Discovery date | February 12, 1885 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 2617 • PGC 24141 • MCG -01-22-026 • IRAS 08331-0354 • 2MASX J08353877-0405172 • LDCE 0584 NED001 | |
NGC 2617 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sc in the constellation Hydra. It is an estimated 183 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered by Edouard Stephan on February 12, 1885 .