| NGC 2692 | |
|---|---|
 A Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) image of NGC 2692 | |
| Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
| Constellation | Ursa Major |
| Right ascension | 08h 56m 58.20s [1] |
| Declination | +52° 03′ 55.0″ [1] |
| Redshift | 0.012585 ± 6.67e-6 [1] |
| Distance | 188 Mly (57.90 Mpc) [1] |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 13.3 [2] |
| Characteristics | |
| Type | SBab [1] |
| Size | 46,000 ly [1] |
| Apparent size (V) | 1.259′ × 0.468′ [2] |
| Notable features | Very faint, small, round, pretty suddenly brighter middle |
| Other designations | |
| UGC 04675, [1] CGCG 264-036, [1] CGCG 0853.3+5216, [1] MCG +09-15-057 [1] | |
NGC 2692 is a spiral galaxy located around 188 million light-years away in the constellation Ursa Major. [1] [2] [3] It was discovered on March 17, 1790, by astronomer William Herschel, and it has a diameter around 46,000 light-years. [1] [2] [4] NGC 2692 is not known to have lots of star-formation, and it is not known to have an active galactic nucleus. [1] [4]
