NGC 2877

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Galaxy
NGC 2877
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NGC 2877 & LEDA 1220557 [1]
NGC 2877 & LEDA 1220557
AladinLite
Constellation Water snake
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
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  
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 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Aladin Lite
  2. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  3. a b c d e f SEDS : NGC 2877
  4. Seligman