NGC 2876
| Galaxy NGC 2876 |
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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 25 m 13.8 s |
| declination | -06 ° 43 ′ 00 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | (R ') S0 ^ 0 ^ pec? |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.1 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.1 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.7 ′ × 1.1 ′ |
| Position angle | 95 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.7 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.020387 ± 0.000080 |
| Radial velocity | (6112 ± 24) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(265 ± 19) · 10 6 ly (81.3 ± 5.7) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Edouard Stephan |
| Discovery date | March 5, 1880 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 2876 • PGC 26710 • MCG -01-24-016 • 2MASX J09251378-0642596 • LDCE 0640 NED002 | |
NGC 2876 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble-type S0 in the constellation Water Snake. It is estimated to be 265 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered on March 5, 1880 by the astronomer Edouard Stephan .