NGC 2880
| Galaxy NGC 2880 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Big Bear |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 09 h 29 m 35 s |
| declination | + 62 ° 29 ′ 26 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB0- |
| Brightness (visual) | 11.5 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 12.5 mag |
| Angular expansion | 2 ′ × 1.2 ′ |
| Position angle | 140 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.5 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | NGC 2805 group LGG 173 |
| Redshift | 0.005184 ± 0.000017 |
| Radial velocity | (1554 ± 5) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(73 ± 5) · 10 6 ly (22.4 ± 1.6) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | William Herschel |
| Discovery date | April 2, 1791 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 2880 • UGC 5051 • PGC 26939 • CGCG 312-011 • MCG + 10-14-015 • 2MASX J09293461 + 6229262 • GC 1848 • H I 260 • h 596 • NSA 157278 • LDCE 635 NED004 | |
NGC 2880 is an elliptical galaxy of Hubble type I / SB0 in the constellation Ursa Major at the northern sky . It is estimated to be 73 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 40,000 ly.
Together with NGC 2805 , NGC 2814 , NGC 2820 and IC 2458 , it forms the NGC 2805 group (also Holmberg 124 ).
The object was discovered by William Herschel on April 2, 1791 .
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