NGC 2541

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NGC 2541
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NGC 2541 by Kitt Peak National Observatory
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation Lynx
Right ascension 08h 14m 40.1s [1]
Declination +49° 03′ 41″ [1]
Redshift 548 ± 1 km/s [1]
Distance 41 ± 5 Mly
(12.5 ± 1.4 Mpc) [2]
Apparent magnitude  (V)12.3 [1]
Characteristics
Type SA(s)cd [1]
Apparent size  (V)6.3′ × 3.2′ [1]
Other designations
UGC 4284, [1] PGC 23110 [1]

NGC 2541 is an unbarred spiral galaxy located about 40 million light-years away. [2] It is in the NGC 2841 group of galaxies with NGC 2500, NGC 2537, and NGC 2552. [3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 2541. Retrieved 2006-11-25.
  2. 1 2 "Distance Results for NGC 2541". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. Retrieved 2010-05-13.
  3. ↑ Ferrarese, Laura; et al. (1998). "The HST Key Project on the Extragalactic Distance Scale XII. The Discovery of Cepheids and a New Distance to NGC 2541". The Astrophysical Journal. 507 (2): 655–690. arXiv: astro-ph/9805365 . Bibcode:1998ApJ...507..655F. doi:10.1086/306364. S2CID   204935980.
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