NGC 2788
| Galaxy NGC 2788 |
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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 | 09 h 09.03.0 m |
| declination | -67 ° 55 ′ 57 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sab? sp |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.4 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.3 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.8 ′ × 0.4 ′ |
| Position angle | 114 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.0 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.005474 ± 0.000033 |
| Radial velocity | (1641 ± 10) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(64 ± 5) · 10 6 ly (19.5 ± 1.4) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | January 29, 1835 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 2788 • PGC 25761 • ESO 061-002 • IRAS 09083-6743 • 2MASX J09090297-6755571 • SGC 090821-6743.7 • | |
NGC 2788 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sab in the constellation keel of the ship. It is estimated to be 64 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered by John Herschel on January 29, 1835 .