NGC 2634

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Galaxy
NGC 2634
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NGC 2634 DSS.jpg
AladinLite
Constellation giraffe
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 08 h 48 m 25.4 s
declination + 73 ° 58 ′ 02 ″
Appearance
Morphological type E1  
Brightness  (visual) 11.8 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 12.8 mag
Angular expansion 1.7 ′ × 1.6 ′
Position angle 51 °
Surface brightness 13.0 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Affiliation LGG 160  
Redshift 0.007532 ± 0.000017  
Radial velocity (2258 ± 5) km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(106 ± 8)  ·  10 6  ly
(32.6 ± 2.3)  Mpc 
history
discovery Ernst Wilhelm Leberecht Temple
Discovery date August 11, 1882
Catalog names
NGC  2633 • UGC  4581 • PGC  24749 • CGCG  331-066 / 332-013 • MCG  + 12-09-015 • 2MASX  J08482543 + 7358016 • LDCE 0587 NED005

NGC 2634 is an elliptical galaxy from the Hubble type E1 in the constellation Camelopardalis the northern sky . It is estimated to be 106 million light years from the Milky Way .

It probably forms a gravitationally bound pair with PGC 24760 .

The object was discovered on August 11, 1882 by Ernst Wilhelm Leberecht Tempel .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d e NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e SEDS : NGC 2634
  3. ^ VizieR
  4. Seligman