NGC 2

NGC 2
NGC 2 by the Sloan Digital Sky Survey
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Pegasus
Right ascension	00h 07m 17.1s[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
GC 6246, UGC 59, PGC 567[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 times more luminous than the Milky Way as it is quite compact. AGC 102559, a galaxy 60,000-light-years in diameter, is the closest galaxy to NGC 2, being only 1.8 million light-years from it. Although it is apparently quite close to NGC 1, the latter is closer and unrelated to NGC 2.

References[]

External links[]

• Media related to NGC 2 at Wikimedia Commons
• Source: NGC/IC Project
• NGC 2 on WikiSky: DSS2, SDSS, GALEX, IRAS, Hydrogen α, X-Ray, Astrophoto, Sky Map, Articles and images

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