NGC 2850
| Galaxy NGC 2850 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Water snake |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 09 h 20 m 57.0 s |
| declination | -04 ° 56 ′ 24 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0o? |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.2 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.2 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.9 ′ × 0.7 ′ |
| Position angle | 30 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.6 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.024457 ± 0.000080 |
| Radial velocity | 7332 ± 24 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(320 ± 23) x 10 6 ly (98.1 ± 6.9) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Édouard Stephan |
| Discovery date | March 22, 1882 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 2850 • PGC 26452 • 2MASX J09205699-0456242 • GALEX ASC J092057.07-045623.3 | |
NGC 2850 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0 in the constellation Hydra south of the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 320 million light-years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 85,000 light years
. a. the galaxies NGC 2817 and IC 533 .
The object was discovered by Édouard Stephan on March 22, 1882 .