NGC 2460 | |
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Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
Constellation | Camelopardalis |
Right ascension | 07h 56m 52.33083s[1] |
Declination | +60° 20′ 57.7266″[1] |
Redshift | 0.004837[2] |
Heliocentric radial velocity | 1446 km/s[2] |
Distance | 73.3 ± 5.1 Mly (22.46 ± 1.57 Mpc)[3] |
Apparent magnitude (V) | 11.46[3] |
Absolute magnitude (V) | −21.0[3] |
Surface brightness | 22.5 mag/arcsec2 |
Characteristics | |
Type | SA(s)a[3] |
Other designations | |
UGC 4097, MCG +10-12-021, PGC 22270[2] |
NGC 2460 is an unbarred spiral galaxy in the constellation Camelopardalis. It was discovered by German astronomer Wilhelm Tempel on August 11, 1882.[4]
It is also identified as an active nucleus galaxy. Its redshift of 0.004837 gives a distance of 22 megaparsecs, or approximately 70 million light-years.[3]