NGC 286
| Galaxy NGC 286 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | whale |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 00 h 53 m 30.4 s |
| declination | -13 ° 06 ′ 46 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SAB (s) 0 ^ 0 ^ pec? |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.1 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.1 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1 ′, 3 × 0 ′, 9 |
| Position angle | 10 ° |
| Surface brightness | 14.2 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.036278 ± 0.000127 |
| Radial velocity | 10,876 ± 38 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(488 ± 34) · 10 6 ly (149.5 ± 10.5) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Francis P. Leavenworth |
| Discovery date | October 2, 1886 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 286 • PGC 3142 • MCG -02-03-034 • 2MASX J00533032-1306461 • GALEX ASC J005330.30-130646.1 • USGC S031 NED01 • PRC C-4 | |
NGC 286 is a lenticular polar ring galaxy of the Hubble type S0 in the constellation Whale south of the ecliptic . It is an estimated 488 million light years away from the Milky Way and is approximately 190,000 light years in diameter.
The galaxies NGC 283 , NGC 284 , NGC 285 , IC 56 are located in the same area of the sky .
The object was discovered on October 2, 1886 by the American astronomer Francis Preserved Leavenworth .