NGC 2853
| Galaxy NGC 2853 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | lynx |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 09 h 23 m 17.3 s |
| declination | + 40 ° 12 '00 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB0: |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.4 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.2 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1 ′ × 0.6 ′ |
| Position angle | 25 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.6 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.005887 ± 0.000140 |
| Radial velocity | 1765 ± 42 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(79 ± 6) · 10 6 ly (24.1 ± 1.8) Mpc |
| diameter | 25,000 ly |
| history | |
| discovery | William Herschel |
| Discovery date | March 18, 1787 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 2853 • UGC 4987 • PGC 26580 • CGCG 209-060 • MCG + 07-19-066 • IRAS F09201 + 4024 • 2MASX J09231734 + 4012009 • GC 1832 • H III 630 • h 590 • | |
NGC 2853 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type SB0 / a in the constellation Lynx in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 79 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 25,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies NGC 2844 , NGC 2852 , NGC 2860 , among others .
The object was discovered by Wilhelm Herschel on March 18, 1787 .