NGC 2655
Galaxy in the constellation Camelopardalis
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NGC 2655 is a lenticular galaxy in the constellation Camelopardalis. It is at a distance of 60 million light years from Earth. NGC 2655 is a Seyfert galaxy.[1] The galaxy has asymmetric dust lanes in the centre of the galaxy, tidal arms and extended neutral hydrogen gas and may have recently experienced a merger. The complex dynamics of the HI and optical tails suggest the galaxy may have undergone more mergers in the past. A weak bar has been detected in infrared H band. The diameter of the disk of the galaxy is estimated to be 60 Kpc (195,000 ly).[2]
| NGC 2655 | |
|---|---|
 The nucleus of NGC 2655 imaged by the Hubble Space Telescope | |
| Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
| Constellation | Camelopardalis |
| Right ascension | 08h 55m 37.99277s[1] |
| Declination | +78° 13′ 23.895″[1] |
| Redshift | 1400 ± 1 km/s[1] |
| Distance | 63 Mly (19.5 Mpc)[1] |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 10.1 |
| Characteristics | |
| Type | SAB(s)0/a [1] |
| Apparent size (V) | 4.9′ × 4.1′[1] |
| Other designations | |
| IRAS 08491+7824, 2MASX J08553773+7813230, Arp 225, UGC 4637, MCG +13-07-010, PGC 25069, CGCG 349-033[1] | |
William Herschel discovered NGC 2655 in September 26, 1802 and described it as very bright and considerably large. The galaxy can be glimpsed with a 4-inch telescope under dark skies nearly 10° from the north celestial pole.[3]
NGC 2655 is the brightest member of the NGC 2655 group, which also contains the Sc galaxy NGC 2715, NGC 2591, and NGC 2748.[4][5] One of the gas structures of NGC 2655 is trailing off toward the small galaxy UGC 4714.[2]
