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galaxy

Astronomical data · SIMBAD

Object type
AG?
Redshift
z = 0.015592247274822668
Morphology
SA
Coordinates
RA 119.2028° · Dec 7.4779°
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Key facts

Constellation
Canis Minor
Right ascension
07h 56m 48.66s
Declination
+07d 28m 40.62s
Heliocentric radial velocity
4,630 km/s
Distance
233 Mly (71.43 Mpc )
Type
Sa
Size
110,000 ly
Apparent size v
1.6' x 1.6'

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Encyclopedic overview

NGC 2485 is a spiral galaxy located in the constellation of Canis Minor. It is located 233 million light-years away from Earth and has an estimated diameter of 110,000 light-years. NGC 2485 was discovered on March 25, 1864, by Albert Marth and has an approximate surface magnitude of 13.08.

References

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “NGC 2485” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.