NGC 2500

NGC 2500 is a barred spiral galaxy in the constellation Lynx which was discovered by William Herschel in 1788. Much like the local group in which our own Milky Way galaxy is situated, NGC 2500 is part of the NGC 2841 group of galaxies which also includes NGC 2541, NGC 2537 and NGC 2552. It has a H II nucleus^[3] and exhibits a weak inner ring structure.

NGC 2500
NGC 2500 imaged by the Hubble Space Telescope
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Lynx
Right ascension	08h 01m 53.2s[1]
Declination	+50° 44′ 14″[1]
Redshift	0.001715[1]
Heliocentric radial velocity	514 ± 1 km/s[1]
Distance	33 Mly (10.1 Mpc)[2]
Apparent magnitude (V)	12.2[1]
Characteristics
Type	SB(rs)d[1]
Apparent size (V)	2.9′ × 2.6′[1]
Other designations
UGC 4165,[1] PGC 22525[1]