NGC 2148
| Galaxy NGC 2148 |
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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 58 m 45.8 s |
| declination | -59 ° 07 ′ 33 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SA (rs) off |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.8 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.6 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.1 ′ × 0.8 ′ |
| Position angle | 150 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.5 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.033900 |
| Radial velocity | 10,163 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(445 ± 31) · 10 6 ly (136.4 ± 9.5) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | 4th December 1834 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 2148 • PGC 18171 • ESO 120-024 • IRAS 05581-5907 • 2MASX J05584584-5907337 • SGC 055804-5907.7 • LEDA 18171 | |
NGC 2148 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sb in the constellation Pictor the southern sky . It is estimated to be 445 million light years from the Milky Way and about 145,000 ly in diameter.
The object was discovered by John Herschel on December 4, 1834 .