NGC 2523B

NGC 2523B is a spiral galaxy located around 186 million light-years away in the constellation Camelopardalis. The discovery of this galaxy is credited to Philip C. Keenan, in his paper Studies of Extra-Galactic Nebulae. Part I: Determination of Magnitudes, published in The Astrophysical Journal in 1935.^[3]

NGC 2523B
NGC 2523 (left) next to NGC 2523B (right)
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Camelopardalis
Right ascension	08h 12m 57.0475s[1]
Declination	+73° 33′ 47.883″[1]
Redshift	0.012782[1]
Distance	185.8 ± 13.0 Mly (56.97 ± 3.99 Mpc)[1]
Group or cluster	UGC 4057 Group (LGG 149)
Apparent magnitude (V)	14[2]
Characteristics
Type	SA(s)b? edge-on[1]
Other designations
IRAS 08072+7342, UGC 4259, MCG +12-08-030, PGC 23025, CGCG 331-030[1]

According to A.M. Garcia, NGC 2523B is a member of the five member UGC 4057 galaxy group (also known as LGG 149).^[4] The other galaxies in the group are NGC 2523, UGC 4014, UGC 4028, and UGC 4057.

See also

• List of NGC objects (2001–3000)