NGC 2551
Sign in to savespiral galaxy in the constellation Camelopardalis
Astronomical data · SIMBAD
- Object type
- GiG
- Distance
- 52,269 light-years
- Redshift
- z = 0.007739
- Morphology
- Sa
- Coordinates
- RA 126.2095° · Dec 73.4120°
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Key facts
- Constellation
- Camelopardalis
- Right ascension
- 08 24 50.2491
- Declination
- +73 ° 24 ′ 43.354 ″
- Redshift
- 0.007819 ± 0.000037
- Heliocentric radial velocity
- 2,344 ± 11 km/ s
- Distance
- 118 ± 8.2 Mly (36.2 ± 2.5 Mpc )
- Group or cluster
- NGC 2551 Group
- Type
- SA(s)0/a
- Size
- ~58,000 ly (17.9 kpc ) (estimated)
- Apparent size v
- 1.7 ′ × 1.1 ′
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- spiral galaxy
- Constellation
- Camelopardalis
- Distance from Earth
- 36.12
- Image
- NGC 2551 DSS.jpg
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- radial velocity
- 2311
- redshift
- 0.007739
- catalog code
- Gaia DR2 1123189271379283584
- galaxy morphological type
- S
- apparent magnitude
- 9.373
- Commons category
- NGC 2551
- discoverer or inventor
- Wilhelm Tempel
- time of discovery or invention
- 1882-00-00
- right ascension
- 126.20945704777360
- declination
- 73.41204450934910
- epoch
- J2000.0
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Encyclopedic overview
NGC 2551 is a lenticular galaxy in the constellation Camelopardalis. The galaxy lies about 120 million light years away from Earth, which means, given its apparent dimensions, that NGC 2551 is approximately 60,000 light years across. It was discovered by Wilhelm Tempel on August 9, 1882.
Characteristics
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