NGC 2624
| Galaxy NGC 2624 |
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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 38 m 09.6 s |
| declination | + 19 ° 43 ′ 32 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S: / LINER |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.9 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.7 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.6 ′ × 0.5 ′ |
| Position angle | 15 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.4 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | WBL 191 |
| Redshift | 0.013903 ± 0.000110 |
| Radial velocity | 4168 ± 33 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(182 ± 13) · 10 6 ly (55.9 ± 3.9) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Albert Marth |
| Discovery date | October 30, 1864 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 2624 • UGC 4506 • PGC 24264 • CGCG 089-055 • MCG + 03-22-019 • 2MASX J08380962 + 1943319 • NSA 105296 • USGC U190 NED03 | |
NGC 2624 is a bright spiral galaxy with an active nucleus of the Hubble type S in the constellation Cancer on the ecliptic . It is an estimated 182 million light years away from the Milky Way and about 30,000 light years across.
The galaxies NGC 2625 , NGC 2637 , IC 2388 , IC 2390 are in the same area of the sky .
The object was discovered by Albert Marth on October 30, 1864 .
Web links
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