NGC 2629
Galaxy NGC 2629 |
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AladinLite | |
Constellation | Big Bear |
Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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Right ascension | 08 h 47 m 15.8 s |
declination | + 72 ° 59 ′ 08 ″ |
Appearance | |
Morphological type | SA (r) 0 ^ 0 ^: |
Brightness (visual) | 12.3 mag |
Brightness (B-band) | 13.3 mag |
Angular expansion | 1.5 ′ × 1.3 ′ |
Position angle | 105 ° |
Surface brightness | 13.1 mag / arcmin² |
Physical data | |
Affiliation | IC 520 group LGG 162 |
Redshift | 0.012459 ± 0.000080 |
Radial velocity | 3735 ± 24 km / s |
Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(172 ± 12) · 10 6 ly (52.8 ± 3.7) Mpc |
history | |
discovery | William Herschel |
Discovery date | September 30, 1802 |
Catalog names | |
NGC 2629 • UGC 4569 • PGC 24682 • CGCG 331-062 • 332-009 • MCG + 12-09-010 • 2MASX J08471585 + 7259082 • GC 1679 • H III 982 • NVSS J084715 + 725909 • LDCE 573 NED016 |
NGC 2629 is an elliptical galaxy of Hubble type E / S0 in the constellation Ursa Major at the northern sky . It is estimated to be 172 million light years from the Milky Way and about 75,000 light years across.
Together with NGC 2614 , NGC 2646 , IC 520 it forms the IC 520 group .
The object was discovered by Wilhelm Herschel on September 30, 1802 .