NGC 2864
| Galaxy NGC 2864 |
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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 24 m 15.4 s |
| declination | + 05 ° 56 ′ 28 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sc |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.6 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.5 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1 ′ × 0.7 ′ |
| Position angle | 12 ° |
| Surface brightness | 14.1 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.034002 ± 0.000097 |
| Radial velocity | (10194 ± 29) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(449 ± 32) · 10 6 ly (137.8 ± 9.7) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Albert Marth |
| Discovery date | March 6, 1864 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 2864 • PGC 26644 • CGCG 034-044 NED01 • MCG + 01-24-020 NED01 • 2MASX J09241541 + 0556279 • | |
NGC 2864 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type S in the constellation Hydra. It is an estimated 449 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered on March 6, 1864 by the astronomer Albert Marth .