NGC 2115
| Galaxy NGC 2115 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | painter |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 05 h 51 m 19.8 s |
| declination | -50 ° 34 ′ 58 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0 +? pec |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.2 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.1 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.8 ′ × 0.7 ′ |
| Position angle | 50 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.5 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.023389 ± 0.000073 |
| Radial velocity | 7012 ± 22 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(304 ± 21) · 10 6 ly (93.3 ± 6.5) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | January 4, 1837 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 2115 • PGC 18001 • ESO 205- G 006 NED01 • 2MASX J05511983-5034582 • SGC 055007-5035.7 NED01 • | |
NGC 2115 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0-a in the constellation Painter in the southern sky . It is an estimated 304 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered by John Herschel on January 4, 1837 .