NGC 2822
| Galaxy NGC 2822 |
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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 13 m 49.7 s |
| declination | -69 ° 38 ′ 41 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E: |
| Brightness (visual) | 10.6 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 11.6 mag |
| Angular expansion | 3.3 ′ × 2.2 ′ |
| Position angle | 90 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.8 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.005510 +/- 0.000053 |
| Radial velocity | 1652 +/- 16 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(64 ± 5) x 10 6 ly (19.7 ± 1.4) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | January 29, 1835 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 2822 • PGC 26026 • ESO 061-004 • IRAS 09132-6926 • SGC 91315-6926.2 • AKARI J0913503-693842 | |
NGC 2822 is an elliptical galaxy of Hubble type E in the constellation Carina the southern sky . It is estimated to be 64 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 70,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky is the galaxy NGC 2836 .
The object was discovered by John Herschel on January 29, 1835 .