NGC 2188
| Galaxy NGC 2188 |
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| Image taken with the Hubble Space Telescope | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Dove |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 06 h 10 m 09.5 s |
| declination | -34 ° 06 ′ 22 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB (s) w |
| Brightness (visual) | 11.5 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 12.1 mag |
| Angular expansion | 4.2 ′ × 1.1 ′ |
| Position angle | 175 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.0 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.002492 ± 0.000013 |
| Radial velocity | 747 ± 4 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(25 ± 2) x 10 6 ly (7.58 ± 0.54) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | January 9, 1836 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 2188 • PGC 18536 • ESO 364-037 • MCG -06-14-008 • IRAS 06083-3406 • 2MASX J06100970-3406499 • SGC 060821-3405.7 • HIPASS J0610-34 | |
NGC 2188 is a bar-spiral galaxy of the Hubble-type SBm in the constellation Dove in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 25 million light years from the Milky Way and about 50,000 light years in diameter.
The object was discovered by John Herschel on January 9, 1836 .