NGC 2628
| Galaxy NGC 2628 |
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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 40 m 22.7 s |
| declination | + 23 ° 32 ′ 23 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SAB (r) c? / Seyfert 2 |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.3 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.0 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.1 ′ × 1.1 ′ |
| Surface brightness | 13.4 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | isolated |
| Redshift | 0.012082 ± 0.000023 |
| Radial velocity | 3622 ± 7 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(159 ± 11) · 10 6 ly (48.6 ± 3.4) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | William Herschel |
| Discovery date | November 16, 1784 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 2628 • UGC 4519 • PGC 24381 • CGCG 120-020 • MCG + 04-21-012 • IRAS 08374 + 2342 • 2MASX J08402271 + 2332229 • H III 325 • GALEX ASC J084022.80 + 233222.9 • KIG 274 | |
NGC 2628 is a spiral galaxy with an active nucleus of the Hubble type E1? in the constellation Cancer on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 159 million light years from the Milky Way and about 50,000 light years in diameter.
The object was discovered by Wilhelm Herschel on November 16, 1784 .
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