NGC 2389
| Galaxy NGC 2389 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Twins |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 07 h 29 m 04.6 s |
| declination | + 33 ° 51 ′ 39 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SAB (rs) c / HII |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.7 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.4 mag |
| Angular expansion | 2.00 × 1.4 |
| Position angle | 83 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.7 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.013199 +/- 0.000013 |
| Radial velocity | 3957 +/- 4 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(176 ± 12) · 10 6 ly (53.9 ± 3.8) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | William Herschel |
| Discovery date | February 5, 1788 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 2389 • UGC 3872 • PGC 21109 • CGCG 177-024 • MCG + 06-17-011 • KUG 0725 + 339 • 2MASX J07290464 + 3351395 • GC 1531 • H III 703 • h 449 • LDCE 0504 NED007 | |
NGC 2389 is a bar-spiral galaxy with extensive star formation areas of the Hubble type SBc in the constellation Gemini on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 176 million light years from the Milky Way and about 105,000 ly in diameter.
It is likely gravitationally tied to NGC 2388 . In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 2379 , NGC 2385 , NGC 2386 , NGC 2393 .
The object was discovered on February 5, 1788 by the astronomer William Herschel .
Web links
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