NGC 2500 is a barred spiral galaxy in the constellation Lynx which was discovered by William Herschel in 1788. Much like the local group in which our own Milky Way galaxy is situated, NGC 2500 is part of the NGC 2841 group of galaxies which also includes NGC 2541, NGC 2537 and NGC 2552. It has a H II nucleus[3] and exhibits a weak inner ring structure.
| NGC 2500 | |
|---|---|
 NGC 2500 imaged by the Hubble Space Telescope | |
| Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
| Constellation | Lynx |
| Right ascension | 08h 01m 53.2s[1] |
| Declination | +50° 44′ 14″[1] |
| Redshift | 0.001715[1] |
| Heliocentric radial velocity | 514 ± 1 km/s[1] |
| Distance | 33 Mly (10.1 Mpc)[2] |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 12.2[1] |
| Characteristics | |
| Type | SB(rs)d[1] |
| Apparent size (V) | 2.9′ × 2.6′[1] |
| Other designations | |
| UGC 4165,[1] PGC 22525[1] | |
References
edit- ^ a b c d e f g h i "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 2500. Retrieved 2010-05-13.
- ^ "Distance Results for NGC 2500". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. Retrieved 2010-05-13.
- ^ Ho, Luis C.; Filippenko, Alexei V.; Sargent, Wallace L. W. (October 1997). "A Search for "Dwarf" Seyfert Nuclei. III. Spectroscopic Parameters and Properties of the Host Galaxies". Astrophysical Journal Supplement. Vol. 112, no. 2. pp. 315–390. arXiv:astro-ph/9704107. Bibcode:1997ApJS..112..315H. doi:10.1086/313041.
External links
editMedia related to NGC 2500 at Wikimedia Commons
- NGC 2500 on WikiSky: DSS2, SDSS, GALEX, IRAS, Hydrogen α, X-Ray, Astrophoto, Sky Map, Articles and images
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