NGC 2381
| Galaxy NGC 2381 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Keel of the ship |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 07 h 19 m 57.3 s |
| declination | -63 ° 04 ′ 01 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | (R_1R'_2) SAB (rl) a |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.5 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.4 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.4 ′ × 1.4 ′ |
| Surface brightness | 13.1 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | LGG 144 |
| Redshift | 0.010436 +/- 0.000045 |
| Radial velocity | (3129 +/- 13) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(130 ± 9) x 10 6 ly (39.9 ± 2.8) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | December 26, 1834 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 2381 • PGC 20694 • ESO 088-010 • IRAS F07194-6258 • 2MASX J07195733-6303312 • LDCE 0505 NED003 | |
NGC 2381 is a barred spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBa in the constellation of the ship's Kiel. It is estimated to be 130 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered on December 26, 1834 by the astronomer John Herschel .