NGC 2877
| Galaxy NGC 2877 |
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| NGC 2877 & LEDA 1220557 | |
| 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 47.0 s |
| declination | + 02 ° 13 ′ 45 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Pec |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.3 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.3 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.7 '× 0.5' |
| Position angle | 141 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.0 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.024382 ± 0.000063 |
| Radial velocity | 7310 ± 19 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(320 ± 23) x 10 6 ly (98.1 ± 6.9) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Albert Marth |
| Discovery date | March 28, 1864 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 2877 • PGC 26738 • CGCG 006-043 • MCG + 00-24-015 • IRAS 09231 + 0226 • 2MASX J09254699 + 0213444 • GALEX ASC J092547.03 + 021344.6 • LDCE 643 NED002 | |
NGC 2877 is a galaxy in the constellation Water Snake south of the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 320 million ly. From the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 65,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies NGC 2861 , NGC 2878 , NGC 2897 , NGC 2898 .
The object was discovered by Albert Marth on March 28, 1864 .