NGC 2560
| NGC 2560 | |
|---|---|
 A Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) Image of NGC 2560 | |
| Observation data | |
| Constellation | Cancer |
| Right ascension | 08h 19m 51.893s[1] |
| Declination | +20° 56′ 5.94″[1] |
| Redshift | 0.016288 [1] |
| Distance | 230 Mly (70.77 Mpc) |
| Group or cluster | NGC 2563 (LGG 158) |
| Apparent magnitude (B) | 14.9[1] |
| Characteristics | |
| Type | S0-a |
| Other designations | |
| UGC 04337, CGCG 119-058, CGCG 0817.0+2108, MCG +04-20-027[2] |
NGC 2560 is a lenticular galaxy in the constellation Cancer.[3] It was discovered on March 17 1862 by Heinrich d'Arrest.[3]
See also
[edit]- List of NGC objects (2001–3000)
- LGG 158 (Galaxy Group with 14 galaxies) : NGC 2556 NGC 2557 NGC 2558 NGC 2560 NGC 2562 NGC 2563 NGC 2569[4]
- List of astronomical catalogues
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 4 "CDS Portal results for NGC 2560". Centre de Données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2024-05-22.
- ↑ "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database results for object NGC 2560". NASA/IPAC. Retrieved 2024-05-22.
- 1 2 "New General Catalog Objects: NGC 2550 - 2599". cseligman.com. Retrieved 2026-04-09.
- ↑ "General study of group membership. II. Determination of nearby groups". 19 Nov 1993.