NGC 2863
| Galaxy NGC 2863 / NGC 2869 |
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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 36.5 s |
| declination | -10 ° 26 '00 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sm |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.9 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.5 likes |
| Angular expansion | 1 ′ × 0.9 ′ |
| Position angle | 120 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.6 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.005961 ± 0.000023 |
| Radial velocity | (1787 ± 7) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(72 ± 5) x 10 6 ly (22.0 ± 1.5) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | March 25, 1786 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 2863 / NGC 2869 • PGC 26609 • MCG -02-24-018 • IRAS 09211-1012 • 2MASX J09233654-1026014 • GC 1838 • H III 520 • h 594 • | |
NGC 2863 = NGC 2869 is a spiral galaxy of the Hubble type Sm in the constellation Water Snake south of the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 72 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered by Wilhelm Herschel on March 25, 1786 .