NGC 2638
| Galaxy NGC 2638 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | lynx |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 08 h 42 m 25.8 s |
| declination | + 37 ° 13 ′ 16 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0 / a |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.8 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.7 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.7 ′ × 0.6 ′ |
| Position angle | 72 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.7 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.012739 ± 0.000020 |
| Radial velocity | (3819 ± 6) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(170 ± 12) · 10 6 ly (52.0 ± 3.6) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Edouard Stephan |
| Discovery date | January 21, 1885 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 2638 • UGC 4534 • PGC 24453 • CGCG 179-018 • MCG + 06-19-016 • 2MASX J08422575 + 3713161 • | |
NGC 2638 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0-a in the constellation Lynx. It is an estimated 170 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered by Edouard Stephan on January 21, 1885 .