NGC 2657

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Galaxy
NGC 2657
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NGC 2657 [1]
NGC 2657
AladinLite
Constellation cancer
Position
equinox :  J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 08 h 45 m 15.81 s
declination + 09 ° 38 ′ 43.8 ″
Appearance
Morphological type SA (rs) d:  
Brightness  (visual) 13.2 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 13.8 mag
Angular expansion 1.0 ′ × 0.9 ′
Position angle 153 °
Surface brightness 12.9 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.013813 ± 0.000033  
Radial velocity 4141 ± 10 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0 		(179 ± 13)  x  10 6  ly
(55.0 ± 3.9)  Mpc 
history
discovery Albert Marth
Discovery date October 30, 1864
Catalog names
NGC  2657 • UGC  4573 • PGC  24595 • CGCG  061-006 • MCG  + 02-23-002 • IRAS  08425 + 0949 • 2MASX  J08451582 + 0938438 • HIPASS J0845 + 09 • WISEA J084515.78 + 093843.9 • NSA 135479

NGC 2657 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type SD in the constellation Cancer on the ecliptic . It is an estimated 179 million light years from the Milky Way and about 55,000 light years across.

The object was discovered by Albert Marth on October 30, 1864 .

Web links

Commons : NGC 2657  - collection of images, videos, and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Aladin Lite
  2. ↑ a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  3. ↑ a b c d e f SEDS : NGC 2657
  4. ↑ Seligman