NGC 2862
| Galaxy NGC 2862 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | lion |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 09 h 24 m 55.1 s |
| declination | + 26 ° 46 ′ 29 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sb / Sy |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.0 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.8 mag |
| Angular expansion | 2.5 ′ × 0.5 ′ |
| Position angle | 114 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.1 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.013663 ± 0.000017 |
| Radial velocity | (4096 ± 5) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(180 ± 13) x 10 6 ly (55.3 ± 3.9) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Heinrich d'Arrest |
| Discovery date | February 21, 1863 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 2862 • UGC 5010 • PGC 26690 • CGCG 151-076 • MCG + 05-22-045 • IRAS 09219 + 2659 • 2MASX J09245507 + 2646286 • GALEX ASC J092455.20 + 264627.8 | |
NGC 2862 is a bar-spiral galaxy with an active nucleus of the Hubble type SBbc in the constellation Leo north of the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 180 million light years from the Milky Way and about 130,000 light years in diameter.
The object was discovered by Heinrich Louis d'Arrest on February 21, 1863 .