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galaxy

Key facts

Constellation
Lynx
Right ascension
08 07 24.9118
Declination
+39 ° 11 ′ 40.12 ″
Heliocentric radial velocity
3929 ± 1 km/s
Distance
197.2 ± 13.8 Mly (60.45 ± 4.23 Mpc )
Group or cluster
NGC 2415 group (LGG 148)
Type
SAB(rs)b
Size
~115,400 ly (35.37 kpc ) (estimated)
Apparent size v
1.5′ × 1.5′ 1.5' x 1.5'

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Encyclopedic overview

NGC 2528 is an intermediate spiral galaxy in the constellation of Lynx. Its velocity with respect to the cosmic microwave background is 4098 ± 12 km/s, which corresponds to a Hubble distance of 60.45 ± 4.23 Mpc (~197 million light-years). It was discovered by French astronomer Édouard Stephan on 22 January 1877.

NGC 2528 is a luminous infrared galaxy (LIRG). According to the SIMBAD database, NGC 2528 is classified as a radio galaxy.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “NGC 2528” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.