NGC 2873
| Galaxy NGC 2873 |
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| NGC 2872, NGC 2873 and NGC 2874 - SDSS | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | lion |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 09 h 25 m 48.5 s |
| declination | + 11 ° 27 ′ 15 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0 / a |
| Brightness (visual) | 15.4 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 16.2 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.7 ′ × 0.2 ′ |
| Position angle | 117 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.1 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.010830 +/- 0.000153 |
| Radial velocity | 3247 +/- 46 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(140 ± 10) · 10 6 ly (42.9 ± 3.1) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | RJ Mitchell |
| Discovery date | February 22, 1857 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 2873 • PGC 26742 • MCG + 02-24-009 • 2MASX J09254849 + 1127151 • HOLM 130D | |
NGC 2873 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0 / a in the constellation Leo on the ecliptic . It is an estimated 140 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 110,000 ly. Together with the galaxies NGC 2872 and NGC 2874, it forms a bound trio.
The object was discovered by RJ Mitchell on February 22, 1857 .