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Q1049765

galaxy

Astronomical data · SIMBAD

Object type: GiG
Redshift: z = 0.005447931743701062
Coordinates: RA 124.6900° · Dec -25.4995°

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Key facts

Constellation: Puppis
Right ascension: 08 18 45.6034
Declination: −25 ° 29 ′ 58.053 ″
Heliocentric radial velocity: 1637 ± 3 km/s
Distance: 91.3 ± 6.5 Mly (28.00 ± 1.98 Mpc )
Group or cluster: PGC 80593 Group
Type: (R')SB(rs)ab pec?
Size: ~64,500 ly (19.77 kpc ) (estimated)
Apparent size v: 2.9′ × 1.7′

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Wikidata facts

Distance from Earth: 22.99
Image: NGC 2566 imaged by the Hubble Space Telescope.jpg

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catalog code: [VDD93] 74
galaxy morphological type: SBa
Commons category: NGC 2566
time of discovery or invention: 1785-00-00
redshift: 0.005460
radial velocity: 1649
apparent magnitude: 7.769
right ascension: 124.6900333
declination: -25.4995194

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NGC 2566 is a barred spiral galaxy in the constellation of Puppis. Its velocity with respect to the cosmic microwave background is 1898 ± 19 km/s, which corresponds to a Hubble distance of 91.3 ± 6.5 Mly (28.00 ± 1.98 Mpc). However, five non-redshift measurements give a much closer distance of 35.39 ± 8.42 Mly (10.852 ± 2.583 Mpc). It was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel on 6 March 1785.

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