NGC 2621
| Galaxy NGC 2621 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | cancer |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 08 h 37 m 37.0 s |
| declination | + 24 ° 59 ′ 59 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S. |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.9 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.7 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.8 ′ × 0.4 ′ |
| Position angle | 171 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.5 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.028917 ± 0.000100 |
| Radial velocity | (8669 ± 30) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(384 ± 27) · 10 6 ly (117.8 ± 8.3) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Albert Marth |
| Discovery date | March 29, 1865 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 2621 • PGC 24241 • CGCG 120-007 • MCG + 04-21-003 • 2MASX J08373695 + 2459587 • | |
NGC 2621 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type S in the constellation Cancer on the ecliptic . It is an estimated 384 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered by Albert Marth on March 29, 1865 .
Web links
Commons : NGC 2621 - collection of images, videos, and audio files
