NGC 2289

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Galaxy
NGC 2289
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Constellation Twins
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 06 h 50 m 53.6 s
declination + 33 ° 28 ′ 43 ″
Appearance
Morphological type S0  
Brightness  (visual) 13.5 likes
Brightness  (B-band) 14.5 mag
Angular expansion 1.1 ′ × 0.6 ′
Position angle 92 °
Surface brightness 12.9 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.016468 ± 0.000130  
Radial velocity (4937 ± 39) km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(220 ± 15)  ·  10 6  ly
(67.4 ± 4.7)  Mpc 
history
discovery Wilhelm Herschel
Discovery date February 4, 1793
Catalog names
NGC  2289 • UGC  3560 • PGC  19716 • CGCG  175-018 • MCG  + 06-15-010 • 2MASX  J06505355 + 3328434 • GC  1457, 1456 • H  III 898 • h  410 • LDCE 0468 NED008

NGC 2289 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0 in the constellation Gemini on the ecliptic . It is an estimated 220 million light years from the Milky Way .

The object was discovered by Wilhelm Herschel on February 4, 1793 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e SEDS : NGC 2289
  3. Seligman