NGC 2861
| Galaxy NGC 2861 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Water snake |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 09 h 23 m 36.5 s |
| declination | + 02 ° 08 ′ 11 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB (r) bc / LINER |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.0 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.8 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.5 ′ × 1.4 ′ |
| Position angle | 6 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.7 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.016965 ± 0.000010 |
| Radial velocity | 5086 ± 3 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(220 ± 15) · 10 6 ly (67.6 ± 4.7) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Albert Marth |
| Discovery date | March 28, 1864 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 2861 • UGC 4999 • PGC 26607 • CGCG 006-038 • MCG + 00-24-010 • IRAS 09210 + 0220 • 2MASX J09233646 + 0208113 • GALEX ASC J092336.60 + 020811.1 • LDCE 632 NED003 • KTG 24A | |
NGC 2861 is a lenticular galaxy with an active nucleus of the Hubble-type S0 in the constellation Water Snake south of the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 220 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 100,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies NGC 2877 , NGC 2878 , among others .
The object was discovered by Albert Marth on March 28, 1864 .
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