NGC 2845
| Galaxy NGC 2845 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Sails of the ship |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 09 h 18 m 36.7 s |
| declination | -38 ° 00 ′ 36 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SA (rs) a / Sy2 |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.3 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.2 mag |
| Angular expansion | 2.3 ′ × 1.2 ′ |
| Position angle | 70 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.3 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.008439 ± 0.000020 |
| Radial velocity | 2530 ± 6 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(103 ± 7) · 10 6 ly (31.5 ± 2.2) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | February 1, 1835 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 2845 • PGC 26306 • ESO 314- G010 • MCG -06-21-002 • IRAS 09166-3747 • 2MASX J09183669-3800363 • GC 1827 • h 3159 • | |
NGC 2845 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sa? in the constellation Vela. It is estimated to be 103 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered by John Herschel on February 1, 1835 .