NGC 268
Galaxy NGC 268 |
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SDSS recording | |
AladinLite | |
Constellation | whale |
Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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Right ascension | 00 h 50 m 09.5 s |
declination | -05 ° 11 ′ 37 ″ |
Appearance | |
Morphological type | SB (s) bc: HII |
Brightness (visual) | 13.1 mag |
Brightness (B-band) | 13.9 likes |
Angular expansion | 1.6 ′ × 1.1 ′ |
Position angle | 75 ° |
Surface brightness | 13.6 mag / arcmin² |
Physical data | |
Redshift | +0.018326 ± 0.000013 |
Radial velocity | +5494 ± 4 km / s |
Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(249 ± 17) · 10 6 ly (76.2 ± 5.3) Mpc |
history | |
discovery | FW Herschel |
Discovery date | November 22, 1785 |
Catalog names | |
NGC 268 • PGC 2927 • MCG -01-03-017 • IRAS 00476-0527 • 2MASX J00500956-0511376 • GC 151 • H III 463 • h 66 • LDCE 0045 NED009 |
NGC 268 is a barred spiral galaxy in the constellation Whale , which is about 249 million light years from the Milky Way .
NGC 268 was discovered on November 22, 1785 by the German-British astronomer Friedrich Wilhelm Herschel .