PGC 23462

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Galaxy
LEDA / PGC 23462
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LEDA 23462 & NGC 2544
LEDA 23462 & NGC 2544
AladinLite
Constellation giraffe
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 08 h 21 m 58.6 s
declination + 73 ° 59 ′ 53 ″
Appearance
Morphological type Sb  
Angular expansion 0.85 ′ × 0.15 ′
Physical data
Affiliation isolated  
Redshift 0.011971 ± 0.000073  
Radial velocity 3589 ± 22 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(166 ± 12)  ·  10 6  ly
(50.8 ± 3.6)  Mpc
history
Catalog names
PGC  23462 • CGCG  331-037 • MCG  + 12-08-035 • 2MASX  J08215870 + 7359529 • AKARI J0821573 + 735959 • KPG 160B

LEDA / PGC 23462 is a spiral galaxy of the Hubble type Sb in the constellation Giraffe in the northern sky . It is an estimated 166 million light years from the Milky Way . Together with NGC 2544 , it forms the isolated galaxy pair KPG 160 .
The galaxies NGC 2550 and NGC 2551 are located in the same area of ​​the sky .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE