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Astronomical data · SIMBAD

Object type
Sy2
Distance
19,695 light-years
Redshift
z = 0.04082
Coordinates
RA 119.6171° · Dec 37.7866°
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Key facts

Constellation
Lynx
Right ascension
07 58 28.1081
Declination
+37 ° 47 ′ 11.808 ″
Heliocentric radial velocity
12,339 km/s
Distance
588.1 ± 41.2 Mly (180.31 ± 12.62 Mpc )
Type
S0
Size
~283,000 ly (86.8 kpc ) (estimated)
Notable features
Radio galaxy

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Encyclopedic overview

NGC 2484 is a large lenticular galaxy located in the Lynx constellation. It is situated about 590 million light-years away from the Milky Way, which given by its apparent dimensions, means NGC 2484 is around 283,000 light-years across. It is classified a Fanaroff and Riley radio galaxy.

Observation history

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “NGC 2484” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.