NGC 2870
| Galaxy NGC 2870 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Big Bear |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 09 h 27 m 53.7 s |
| declination | + 57 ° 22 ′ 32 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sbc / AGN? |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.0 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.8 mag |
| Angular expansion | 2.5 ′ × 0.6 ′ |
| Position angle | 123 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.3 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.010721 ± 0.000017 |
| Radial velocity | (3214 ± 5) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(146 ± 10) · 10 6 ly (44.9 ± 3.1) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | William Herschel |
| Discovery date | March 19, 1790 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 2870 • UGC 5034 • PGC 26856 • CGCG 289-008 • MCG + 10-14-013 • 2MASX J09293461 + 6229262 • GC 1844 • H III 846 • h 595 • | |
NGC 2870 is a barred spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBbc in the constellation Great Bear in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 146 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered by William Herschel on March 19, 1790 .
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