Editing NGC 2 (section)

{{Short description|Galaxy in the constellation Pegasus}}
{{Infobox galaxy
| name = [[New General Catalogue|NGC]] 2
| image =NGC 2 by the DESI Legacy Surveys.jpg
| alt = NGC 2
| upright = 1.35
| caption = NGC 2 by the [[Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument|DESI Legacy Surveys]]
| epoch = [[J2000]]
| type = Sab<ref name="ned">{{cite web
  | title=NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database
  | work=Results for NGC 2
  | url=http://nedwww.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/nph-objsearch?objname=NGC+2&img_stamp=yes&extend=no
  | access-date=2006-11-18 }}</ref>
| ra = {{RA|00|07|17.1}}<ref name="ned" />
| dec = {{DEC|+27|40|42}}<ref name="ned" />
| z = 0.025214<ref name=ned/>
| h_radial_v = {{nowrap|7559 [[Metre per second|km/s]]}}<ref name=ned/>
| gal_v = {{nowrap|7720 km/s}}<ref name="ned"/>
| dist_ly = 345 ± 24 M[[light-year|ly]]<br />{{nowrap|(105.7 ± 7.4 M[[parsec|pc]])}}<ref name=ned-dist>{{cite web
  |title=Distance Results for NGC 0002
  |work=NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database
  |url=http://nedwww.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/nDistance?name=NGC+0002
  |access-date=2010-05-03}}</ref>
| appmag_v = +15.0<ref name="ned"/>
| size_v = 1′.0 × 0′.6<ref name="ned"/>
| absmag_v = -22.58<ref name="ned"/>
| constellation name = [[Pegasus (constellation)|Pegasus]]
| notes = -
| names = {{odlist|UGC=59|PGC=567|name=[[Catalogue of Nebulae and Clusters of Stars|GC]] 6246, [[Morphological Catalogue of Galaxies|MCG]]+04-01-026}}<ref name="ned" />
}}

'''NGC 2''' is an [[intermediate spiral galaxy]] with the morphological type of Sab, located in the constellation of [[Pegasus (constellation)|Pegasus]]. NGC 2 was discovered by [[Lawrence Parsons, 4th Earl of Rosse]] on 20 August 1873."<ref name="cseligman">{{cite web|last1=Seligman|first1=Courtney|title=NGC 2 (= PGC 567)|url=http://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ngc0.htm#2|website=cseligman.com|access-date=16 November 2016}}</ref>