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NGC 2460

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 3, 2026
Entity authorityQ1049177 ↗
Source-derived summary

NGC 2460 is an unbarred spiral galaxy in the constellation Camelopardalis. It was discovered by German astronomer Wilhelm Tempel on August 11, 1882.

It is also identified as an active nucleus galaxy. Its redshift of 0.004837 gives a distance of 22 megaparsecs, or approximately 70 million light-years.

Physical characteristics

NGC 2460 has an absolute magnitude of −21.0, and an apparent magnitude of 11.46. Several arms extend for long distances from the central galaxy, perhaps as a result of an interaction with nearby galaxy PGC 213434. The galaxy has a radial velocity of 1446 km/s.

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The public source identifies “NGC 2460” as galaxy. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around galaxy.

Editorial reviewA dependable orientation record for establishing vocabulary, names and a first evidence trail. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1882, 1446—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with galaxy providing the first useful test.
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This entry incorporates text from “NGC 2460” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.