NGC 2385
Galaxy NGC 2385 |
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Constellation | Twins |
Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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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 .
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