NGC 2566

NGC2566 is a barred spiral galaxy in the constellation of Puppis. Its velocity with respect to the cosmic microwave background is 1898 ± 19km/s, which corresponds to a Hubble distance of. However, five non-redshift measurements give a much closer distance of. It was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel on 6 March 1785.

Morphology

Eskridge, Frogel, and Pogge published a paper in 2002 describing the morphology of 205 closely spaced spiral or lenticular galaxies. The observations were made in the H-band of the infrared and in the B-band. Eskridge and colleagues described NGC 2566 as a:

PGC 80593 Group

NGC 2566 is a member of the PGC 80593 Group, which contains 16 galaxies. In addition to NGC 2566 and PGC 80593, the group includes UGCA 137, IC 2311, NGC 2559, PGC 23156, and 10 other galaxies from the ESO catalogue. It is part of the Puppis Wall, which connects the Antlia Cluster with the Fornax Cluster.