NGC 2868
| Galaxy NGC 2868 |
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| 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 27.2 s |
| declination | -10 ° 25 ′ 46 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0-: pec |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.3 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.3 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.6 ′ × 0.5 ′ |
| Position angle | 65 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.1 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.037656 ± 0.000113 |
| Radial velocity | (11289 ± 34) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(496 ± 35) · 10 6 ly (152.1 ± 10.7) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Frank Muller |
| Discovery date | 1886 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 2868 • PGC 26598 • 2MASX J09232719-1025464 • | |
NGC 2868 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type E-S0 in the constellation Water Snake. It is estimated to be 496 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered in 1886 by the astronomer Frank Muller .