Astronomical data · SIMBAD
- Object type
- Sy2
- Distance
- 19,695 light-years
- Redshift
- z = 0.04082
- Coordinates
- RA 119.6171° · Dec 37.7866°
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Key facts
- Constellation
- Lynx
- Right ascension
- 07 58 28.1081
- Declination
- +37 ° 47 ′ 11.808 ″
- Heliocentric radial velocity
- 12,339 km/s
- Distance
- 588.1 ± 41.2 Mly (180.31 ± 12.62 Mpc )
- Type
- S0
- Size
- ~283,000 ly (86.8 kpc ) (estimated)
- Notable features
- Radio galaxy
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- lenticular galaxy
- Constellation
- Lynx
- Image
- NGC 2484 DSS.jpg
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- time of discovery or invention
- 1885-01-21
- redshift
- 0.043330
- catalog code
- Gaia DR2 919327927119975040
- discoverer or inventor
- Édouard Stephan
- galaxy morphological type
- S0
- Commons category
- NGC 2484
- apparent magnitude
- 12.216
- right ascension
- 119.617117333
- declination
- 37.786613139
- radial velocity
- 11988
- epoch
- J2000.0
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Encyclopedic overview
NGC 2484 is a large lenticular galaxy located in the Lynx constellation. It is situated about 590 million light-years away from the Milky Way, which given by its apparent dimensions, means NGC 2484 is around 283,000 light-years across. It is classified a Fanaroff and Riley radio galaxy.
Observation history
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