• Source: NGC 2648

NGC 2648 is a spiral galaxy located in the constellation Cancer. Its speed relative to the cosmic microwave background is 2,451 ± 19 km/s, which corresponds to a Hubble distance of 36.2 ± 2.6 Mpc (∼118 million ly). NGC 2648 was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel in 1784.
The galaxies PGC 24469 and NGC 2648 are designated in Halton Arp's Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies as Arp 89.
The luminosity class of NGC 2648 is I and it has a broad HI line.
NGC 2648 is a retired galaxy, which is a galaxy in which star formation has practically ceased is said to be passive. However, some passive galaxies may still show faint emission lines similar to those of LINER galaxies. This is what a team of French and Brazilian astronomers discovered. It is from them that the name retired galaxy comes.
To date, three non-redshift measurements give a distance of 34.333 ± 0.231 Mpc (∼112 million ly), which is within the Hubble distance values.




See also


List of NGC objects (2001–3000)




External links


NGC 2648 at NASA/IPAC
NGC 2648 at SIMBAD
NGC 2648 at LEDA




References

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• NGC 2648
• Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies
• NGC 2903
• NGC 2800
• NGC 2509
• NGC 2950
• GSC 02652-01324
• NGC 2803
• Chi Herculis