Wide-field view of the region around NGC 2623 (ground-based image)
A wide-field image of the region around NGC 2623 constructed from Digitized Sky Survey 2 images. The field of view is approximately 3.0 degrees x 3.0 degrees.
Credit:NASA, ESA and the Digitized Sky Survey 2. Acknowledgment: Davide De Martin (ESA/Hubble)
About the Image
| Id: | heic0912b |
| Type: | Observation |
| Release date: | 13 October 2009, 10:00 |
| Related releases: | heic0912 |
| Size: | 10682 x 10523 px |
About the Object
| Name: | NGC 2623 |
| Type: | Local Universe : Galaxy : Type : Interacting |
| Distance: | 300 million light years |
| Constellation: | Cancer |
| Category: | Galaxies |
Image Formats
Coordinates
| Position (RA): | 8 38 25.08 |
| Position (Dec): | 25° 45' 29.06" |
| Field of view: | 179.27 x 176.60 arcminutes |
| Orientation: | North is 0.9° right of vertical |
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