NGC 2878
| Galaxy NGC 2878 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| 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 47.4 s |
| declination | + 02 ° 05 ′ 23 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sa: |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.8 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.7 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.8 ′ × 0.3 ′ |
| Position angle | 174 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.1 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.024351 ± 0.000107 |
| Radial velocity | 7300 ± 32 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(320 ± 23) x 10 6 ly (98.0 ± 6.9) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Albert Marth |
| Discovery date | March 28, 1864 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 2878 • UGC 5022 • PGC 26739 • CGCG 006-042 • MCG + 00-24-014 • 2MASX J09254746 + 0205224 • GALEX ASC J092547.47 + 020522.0 • LDCE 643 NED003 | |
NGC 2878 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sa in the constellation Hydra south of the ecliptic . It is an estimated 320 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 75,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies NGC 2861 , NGC 2877 , NGC 2897 , NGC 2898 , among others .
The object was discovered by Albert Marth on March 28, 1864 .