Galaxy in the constellation Lynx
| NGC 2541 |
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| Observation data (J2000 epoch) |
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| Constellation | Lynx |
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| Right ascension | 08h 14m 40.1s[1] |
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| Declination | +49° 03′ 41″[1] |
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| Redshift | 548 ± 1 km/s[1] |
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| Distance | 41 ± 5 Mly
(12.5 ± 1.4 Mpc)[2] |
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| Apparent magnitude (V) | 12.3[1] |
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| Characteristics |
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| Type | SA(s)cd[1] |
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| Apparent size (V) | 6.3′ × 3.2′[1] |
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| Other designations |
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| UGC 4284,[1] PGC 23110[1] |
NGC 2541 is an unbarred spiral galaxy located about 40 million light-years away.[2] It is in the NGC 2841 group of galaxies with NGC 2500, NGC 2537, and NGC 2552.[3]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 2541. Retrieved 2006-11-25.
- ^ a b "Distance Results for NGC 2541". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. Retrieved 2010-05-13.
- ^ Ferrarese, Laura; et al. (1998). "The HST Key Project on the Extragalactic Distance Scale XII. The Discovery of Cepheids and a New Distance to NGC 2541". The Astrophysical Journal. 507 (2): 655–690. arXiv:astro-ph/9805365. Bibcode:1998ApJ...507..655F. doi:10.1086/306364. S2CID 204935980.
External links
Media related to NGC 2541 at Wikimedia Commons- Galaxy Catalogue, Princeton University Archived 2006-06-27 at the Wayback Machine
- NGC 2541 on WikiSky: DSS2, SDSS, GALEX, IRAS, Hydrogen α, X-Ray, Astrophoto, Sky Map, Articles and images
| NGC | |
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| PGC | - PGC 23106
- PGC 23107
- PGC 23108
- PGC 23109
- PGC 23110
- PGC 23111
- PGC 23112
- PGC 23113
- PGC 23114
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| UGC | - UGC 4280
- UGC 4281
- UGC 4282
- UGC 4283
- UGC 4284
- UGC 4285
- UGC 4286
- UGC 4287
- UGC 4288
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