NGC 2885
| Galaxy NGC 2885 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | lion |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 09 h 27 m 18.5 s |
| declination | + 23 ° 01 ′ 12 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0 / Sy1 |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.9 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.8 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.70 '× 0.4' |
| Position angle | 70 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.4 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.026315 ± 0.000143 |
| Radial velocity | (7889 ± 43) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(349 ± 24) x 10 6 ly (107.0 ± 7.5) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | February 24, 1827 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 2885 • IC 538 • UGC 5037 • PGC 26811 • CGCG 121-098 • MCG + 04-22-058 • 2MASX J09271849 + 2301121 • | |
NGC 2885 = IC 538 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0 in the constellation Leo. It is estimated to be 349 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered by John Herschel on February 24, 1827 .