Astronomy:NGC 2692
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| NGC 2692 | |
|---|---|
| File:NGC2692 - SDSS DR14.jpg A Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) image of NGC 2692 | |
| Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
| Constellation | Ursa Major |
| Right ascension | 08h 56m 58.20s[1] |
| Declination | +52° 03′ 55.0″[1] |
| Redshift | 0.012585 ± 6.67e-6[1] |
| Distance | 188 Mly (57.90 Mpc)[1] |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 13.3[2] |
| Characteristics | |
| Type | SBab[1] |
| Size | 46,000 ly[1] |
| Apparent size (V) | 1.259′ × 0.468′[2] |
| Notable features | Very faint, small, round, pretty suddenly brighter middle |
| Other designations | |
| UGC 04675,[1] CGCG 264-036,[1] CGCG 0853.3+5216,[1] MCG +09-15-057[1] | |
NGC 2692 is a spiral galaxy located around 188 million light-years away in the constellation Ursa Major.[1][2][3] It was discovered on March 17, 1790, by astronomer William Herschel, and it has a diameter around 46,000 light-years.[1][2][4] NGC 2692 is not known to have lots of star-formation, and it is not known to have an active galactic nucleus.[1][4]
References
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 "By Name | NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". https://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/byname?objname=ngc+2692&hconst=67.8&omegam=0.308&omegav=0.692&wmap=4&corr_z=1.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 "New General Catalog Objects: NGC 2650 - 2699". https://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ngc26a.htm#2692.
- ↑ "NGC 2692 - Spiral Galaxy in Ursa Major | TheSkyLive.com". https://theskylive.com/sky/deepsky/ngc2692-object.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "NGC 2692 - Galaxy - WIKISKY". https://server5.wikisky.org/starview?object_type=2&object_id=11189&object_name=NGC+2692&locale=JA.
External links
Template:NGC objects:2500-2999
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