NGC 2144
| Galaxy NGC 2144 |
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![NGC 2144 [1]](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:NGC_2144_DSS.jpg)
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| NGC 2144 | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Table Mountain |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 05 h 40 m 57.19 s |
| declination | -82 ° 07 ′ 09.8 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SA (s) a |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.0 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.9 likes |
| Angular expansion | 1.4 ′ × 1.1 ′ |
| Position angle | 93 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.3 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.015924 |
| Radial velocity | 4774 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(205 ± 14) x 10 6 ly (62.9 ± 4.4) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | January 17, 1836 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 2144 • PGC 17592 • ESO 016-010 • IRAS 05464-8208 • 2MASX J05405723-8207096 • SGC 054626-8208.4 • WISEA J054057.20-820710.1 | |
NGC 2144 is a spiral galaxy of the Hubble type Sa in the constellation Table Mountain in the southern sky . It is an estimated 205 million light years from the Milky Way and about 85,000 light years in diameter.
The object was discovered by John Herschel on January 17, 1836 .
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