NGC 2

NGC 2
NGC 2 seen by the SDSS
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Pegasus
Right ascension	00^h 07^m 17.1^s^[1]
Declination	+27° 40′ 42″^[1]
Redshift	0.025214^[1]
Helio radial velocity	7559 km/s^[1]
Galactocentric velocity	7720 km/s^[1]
Distance	345 ± 24 Mly (105.7 ± 7.4 Mpc)^[2]
Apparent magnitude (V)	+15.0^[1]
Absolute magnitude (V)	-22.58^[1]
Characteristics
Type	Sab^[1]
Apparent size (V)	1′.0 × 0′.6^[1]
Notable features	-
Other designations
UGC 59, PGC 567, GC 6246 ^[1]

NGC 2 is a spiral galaxy in the constellation Pegasus, discovered by Lawrence Parsons, 4th Earl of Rosse on 20 August 1873, and was described as "very faint, small, south of NGC 1."^[3] It lies slightly to the south of NGC 1. It is a faint spiral galaxy of apparent magnitude 14.2.^[1]

NGC 2 is about 115,000 light years in diameter, but is 3 to 5 more luminous than the Milky Way as it is quite compact. AGC 102559, a 60,000-light year across galaxy, is the closest galaxy to NGC 2, being only 1.8 mly from it. Although it is apparently quite close to NGC 1, the latter is closer and unrelated to NGC 2.

References

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 2. Retrieved 2006-11-18.
↑ "Distance Results for NGC 0002". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. Retrieved 2010-05-03.
↑ Seligman, Courtney. "NGC 2 (= PGC 567)". cseligman.com. Retrieved 16 November 2016.

External links

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Source: NGC/IC Project

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Astronomical catalogs
NGC	NGC 1 NGC 2 NGC 3 NGC 4 NGC 5 NGC 6 NGC 7
PGC	PGC 563 PGC 564 PGC 565 PGC 566 PGC 567 PGC 568 PGC 569 PGC 570 PGC 571
UGC	UGC 55 UGC 56 UGC 57 UGC 58 UGC 59 UGC 60 UGC 61 UGC 62 UGC 63
GC	GC 6241 GC 6242 GC 6243 GC 6244 GC 6245 GC 6246 GC 6247 GC 6248 GC 6249 GC 6250 GC 6251

Coordinates: 00^h 07^m 17.1^s, +27° 40′ 42″

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