NGC 2460
NGC 2460 is an unbarred spiral galaxy in the constellation Camelopardalis. It was discovered by German astronomer Wilhelm Tempel on August 11, 1882.
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.
Physical characteristics
NGC 2460 has an absolute magnitude of −21.0, and an apparent magnitude of 11.46. Several arms extend for long distances from the central galaxy, perhaps as a result of an interaction with nearby galaxy PGC 213434. The galaxy has a radial velocity of 1446 km/s.
References
- ^ a b Brown, A. G. A.; et al. (Gaia collaboration) (August 2018). "Gaia Data Release 2: Summary of the contents and survey properties". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 616. A1. arXiv:1804.09365. Bibcode:2018A&A...616A...1G. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201833051.
- ^ a b c d "NGC 2460". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2021-02-13.
- ^ a b c d e f "Results for object NGC 2460 (NGC 2460)". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. California Institute of Technology. Retrieved 2021-02-13.
- ^ a b Seligman, Courtney. "New General Catalogue objects: NGC 2450 - 2499". cseligman.com. Retrieved 2021-02-13.
External links
Media related to NGC 2460 at Wikimedia Commons
NGC 2460 (lower left) and IC 2209 (upper right)
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