NGC 2620

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Galaxy
NGC 2620
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SDSS recording
SDSS recording
AladinLite
Constellation cancer
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 08 h 37 m 38.2 s
declination + 24 ° 56 ′ 49 ″
Appearance
Morphological type S?  
Brightness  (visual) 13.7 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 14.6 mag
Angular expansion 2 ′ × 0.5 ′
Position angle 93 °
Surface brightness 13.6 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.026145 ± 0.000033  
Radial velocity (7838 ± 10) km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(347 ± 24)  x  10 6  ly
(106.4 ± 7.5)  Mpc 
history
discovery William Lassell
Discovery date May 5, 1863
Catalog names
NGC  2620 • UGC  4501 • PGC  24233 • CGCG  120-006 • MCG  + 04-21-001 • 2MASX  J08372820 + 2456477 •

NGC 2620 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type S in the constellation Cancer on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 347 million light years from the Milky Way .

The object was discovered by William Lassell on May 5, 1863 .

Web links

Commons : NGC 2620  - collection of images, videos, and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e f SEDS : NGC 2620
  3. Seligman