NGC 2649
| Galaxy NGC 2649 |
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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 44 m 08.3 s |
| declination | + 34 ° 43 ′ 02 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SAB (rs) bc: |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.3 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.1 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.5 '× 1.4' |
| Position angle | 90 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.0 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | isolated |
| Redshift | 0.014126 ± 0.000007 |
| Radial velocity | 4235 ± 2 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(188 ± 13) · 10 6 ly (57.6 ± 4.0) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | William Herschel |
| Discovery date | February 5, 1788 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 2649 • UGC 4555 • PGC 24531 • CGCG 179-022 • MCG + 06-19-018 • IRAS 08409 + 3453 • KUG 0840 + 348 • 2MASX J08440830 + 3443017 • GC 1689 • H II 727 • h 522 • GALEX ASC J084408 .19 + 344303.2 • NVSS J084408 + 344312 • KIG 281 • SIG 931 • 2MIG 1184 | |
NGC 2649 is a barred spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBbc in the constellation Lynx in the northern sky . It is an estimated 188 million light years away from the Milky Way and about 85,000 light years in diameter.
The object was discovered by Wilhelm Herschel on February 5, 1788 .