NGC 2178
| Galaxy NGC 2178 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | painter |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 06 h 02 m 47.6 s |
| declination | -63 ° 45 ′ 49 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E1 |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.6 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.6 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.9 ′ × 0.9 ′ |
| Surface brightness | 12.4 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.026882 +/- 0.000167 |
| Radial velocity | 8059 +/- 50 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(351 ± 25) · 10 6 ly (107.6 ± 7.6) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | January 31, 1835 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 2178 • PGC 18322 • ESO 086-053 • 2MASX J06024755-6345490 • SGC 060230-6345.7 • | |
NGC 2178 is an elliptical galaxy from the Hubble type E1 in the constellation Pictor the southern sky . It is estimated to be 351 million light years from the Milky Way and about 95,000 ly in diameter.
The object was discovered by John Herschel on January 31, 1835 .