NGC 2500

NGC 2500
NGC 2500 by GALEX (ultraviolet)
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Cancer
Right ascension	08h 01m 53.2s[1]
Declination	+50° 44′ 14″[1]
Redshift	0.001715[1]
Helio radial velocity	514 ± 1 km/s[1]
Distance	33 Mly (10.1 Mpc)[2]
Type	SB(rs)d[1]
Apparent dimensions (V)	2′.9 × 2′.6[1]
Apparent magnitude (V)	12.2[1]
Other designations
UGC 4165,[1] PGC 22525[1]
See also: Galaxy, List of galaxies

NGC 2500 is a barred spiral galaxy in the constellation Cancer which was discovered by Friedrich Wilhelm Herschel in 1788. Much like the local group in which our own Milky Way galaxy is situated, NGC 2500 is part of NGC 2841 group of galaxies which also includes NGC 2541, NGC 2537 and NGC 2552. It has a H II nucleus.^[3]

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d e f g h i} "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 2500. http://nedwww.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/nph-objsearch?objname=NGC+2500&img_stamp=yes&extend=no. Retrieved 2010-05-13. 
2. ^ "Distance Results for NGC 2500". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. http://nedwww.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/nDistance?name=NGC+2500. Retrieved 2010-05-13. 
3. ^ Ho, Luis C.; Filippenko, Alexei V.; Sargent, Wallace L. W. (October 1997). "A Search for "Dwarf" Seyfert Nuclei. III. Spectroscopic Parameters and Properties of the Host Galaxies". Astrophysical Journal Supplement 112: pp. 315–390. doi:10.1086/313041. http://adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-bib_query?bibcode=1997ApJS..112..315H 

External links

• NGC 2500 on WikiSky: DSS2, SDSS, GALEX, IRAS, Hydrogen α, X-Ray, Astrophoto, Sky Map, Articles and images

Coordinates: 08^h 01^m 53.2^s, +50° 44′ 14″