NGC 2683
| Galaxy NGC 2683 |
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| Photo from the Hubble Space Telescope | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | lynx |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 08 h 52 m 41.3 s |
| declination | + 33 ° 25 ′ 18 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SA (rs) b / LINER / Sy2 |
| Brightness (visual) | 9.7 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 10.5 mag |
| Angular expansion | 9.3 '× 2.2' |
| Position angle | 44 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.8 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.001371 ± 0.000005 |
| Radial velocity | (411 ± 1) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(17 ± 1) x 10 6 ly (5.15 ± 0.36) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | William Herschel |
| Discovery date | February 5, 1788 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 2683 • UGC 4641 • PGC 24930 • CGCG 180-017 • MCG + 06-20-011 • IRAS 08495 + 3336 • KUG 0849 + 336 • 2MASX J08524134 + 3325184 • GC 1713 • H I 200 • h 532 • | |
NGC 2683 (also known as the UFO galaxy due to its appearance ) is a spiral galaxy with an active nucleus of the Hubble type Sb in the constellation Lynx in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 17 million light years from the Milky Way and about 80,000 light years in diameter.
The galaxy IC 2421 is located in the same area of the sky .
The object was discovered on February 5, 1788 by the German-British astronomer Wilhelm Herschel .
Web links
Commons : NGC 2683 - collection of images, videos, and audio files
- SIMBAD Astronomical Database
- GoBlack
- Spektrum.de : Amateur recordings [1]