Astronomy:NGC 2460
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Short description: Galaxy in the constellation Camelopardalis
| NGC 2460 | |
|---|---|
 NGC 2460 (lower left) and IC 2209 (upper right) | |
| Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
| Constellation | Camelopardalis |
| Right ascension | 07h 56m 52.33083s[1] |
| Declination | +60° 20′ 57.7266″[1] |
| Redshift | 0.004837[2] |
| Helio radial velocity | 1446 km/s[2] |
| Distance | 73.3 ± 5.1 Mly (22.46 ± 1.57 Mpc)[3] |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 11.46[3] |
| Absolute magnitude (V) | −21.0[3] |
| Characteristics | |
| Type | SA(s)a[3] |
| Other designations | |
| UGC 4097, MCG+10-12-021, PGC 22270[2] | |
NGC 2460 is an unbarred spiral galaxy in the constellation Camelopardalis. It was discovered by German astronomer Wilhelm Tempel on August 11, 1882.[4]
It is also identified as an active nucleus galaxy. Its redshift of 0.004837 gives a distance of 22 megaparsecs, or approximately 70 million light-years.[3]
Physical characteristics
NGC 2460 has an absolute magnitude of −21.0, and an apparent magnitude of 11.46.[3] Several arms extend for long distances from the central galaxy, perhaps as a result of an interaction with nearby galaxy PGC 213434.[4] The galaxy has a radial velocity of 1446 km/s.[2]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Brown, A. G. A. (August 2018). "Gaia Data Release 2: Summary of the contents and survey properties". Astronomy & Astrophysics 616: A1. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201833051. Bibcode: 2018A&A...616A...1G.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 "NGC 2460". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=NGC+2460.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 "Results for object NGC 2460 (NGC 2460)". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. California Institute of Technology. https://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/byname?objname=NGC%202460&hconst=67.8&omegam=0.308&omegav=0.692&wmap=4&corr_z=1. Retrieved 2021-02-13.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Seligman, Courtney. "New General Catalogue objects: NGC 2450 - 2499". http://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ngc24a.htm#2460. Retrieved 2021-02-13.
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