NGC 2603

NGC 2603 is a small compact spiral galaxy located 787 million light-years away in the constellation of Ursa Major from the Solar System.^[3][4] It was discovered by George Johnstone Stoney, an Irish astronomer, on February 9th, 1850.^[5] NGC 2603 has an estimated diameter of 81,000 light-years. It contains a narrow-line active galactic nucleus.^[1] The Hyperleda database associates NGC 2603 and NGC 2606 as one single galaxy.^[6] NASA/IPAC database on the other hand, classifies NGC 2603 as galaxy PGC 3133653.^[1]

NGC 2603
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Ursa Major
Right ascension	08h 34m 31.2217s[1]
Declination	+52° 50′ 24.728″[1]
Redshift	0.057074
Distance	787 Mly (241 Mpc)
Characteristics
Type	Sb[2]
Size	81,000 ly
Other designations
PGC 3133653, SDSS J083431.19+525024.8