NGC 2385

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Galaxy
NGC 2385
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SDSS recording
SDSS recording
AladinLite
Constellation Twins
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 07 h 28 m 28.1 s
declination + 33 ° 50 ′ 16 ″
Appearance
Morphological type Sb / HII  
Brightness  (visual) 14.3 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 15.2 mag
Angular expansion 1 ′ × 0.7 ′
Position angle 54 °
Surface brightness 13.8 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.013870 +/- 0.000167  
Radial velocity 4158 +/- 50 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(185 ± 13)  ·  10 6  ly
(56.6 ± 4.0)  Mpc 
history
discovery Wilhelm Herschel
Discovery date February 4, 1793
Catalog names
NGC  2385 • PGC  21080 • CGCG  177-020 • MCG  + 06-17-008 • 2MASX  J07282802 + 3350159 • GC  1528 • H  III 900 • h  447 •

NGC 2385 is a spiral galaxy with extensive star formation regions of the Hubble type Sb in the constellation Gemini on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 185 million light-years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 55,000 ly.
In the same area of ​​the sky there are u. a. the galaxies NGC 2378 , NGC 2379 , NGC 2388 , NGC 2393 .

The object was discovered on February 4, 1793 by the astronomer William Herschel .

Web links

Commons : NGC 2385  - collection of images, videos, and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d e NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e SEDS : NGC 2385
  3. Seligman