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NGC 2560

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Astronomical data · SIMBAD

Object type: LIN
Redshift: z = 0.01629
Morphology: S_AB
Coordinates: RA 124.9662° · Dec 20.9850°

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Key facts

Constellation: Cancer
Right ascension: 08 19 51.893
Declination: +20 ° 56 ′ 5.94 ″
Distance: 230 Mly (70.77 M pc )
Group or cluster: NGC 2563 (LGG 158)
Type: S0-a

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Distance from Earth: 70.77
Image: NGC 2560 SDSS.jpg

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catalog code: Gaia DR2 676121757555539328
time of discovery or invention: 1862-03-17
redshift: 0.016428
apparent magnitude: 12.185
galaxy morphological type: -2
Commons category: NGC 2560
right ascension: 124.96621282101660
declination: 20.98499211024680
radial velocity: 4844

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NGC 2560 is a lenticular galaxy in the constellation Cancer. It was discovered on March 17 1862 by Heinrich d'Arrest.

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Cancer (constellation)Lenticular galaxies NGC objects Principal Galaxies Catalogue objects