NGC 2821
| Galaxy NGC 2821 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Ship compass |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 09 h 16 m 48.0 s |
| declination | -26 ° 48 ′ 59 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sbc: sp / HII |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.1 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.9 likes |
| Angular expansion | 2 ′ × 0.5 ′ |
| Position angle | 100 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.0 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.008126 ± 0.000020 |
| Radial velocity | 2436 ± 6 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(99 ± 7) · 10 6 ly (30.4 ± 2.1) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | March 26, 1835 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 2821 • PGC 26192 • ESO 497-G034 • MCG -04-22-007 • IRAS 09145-2636 • 2MASX J09164799-2648584 • GC 1802 • h 3155 • LDCE 0634 NED004 | |
NGC 2821 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sbc in the constellation Pyxis. It is estimated to be 99 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered by John Herschel on March 26, 1835 .