NGC 2883
| Galaxy NGC 2883 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Ship compass |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 09 h 25 m 18.4 s |
| declination | -34 ° 06 ′ 12 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | IB (s) m pec |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.4 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.0 mag |
| Angular expansion | 2.2 ′ × 0.8 ′ |
| Position angle | 176 ° |
| Surface brightness | 14.9 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.003929 ± 0.000003 |
| Radial velocity | (1178 ± 1) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(43 ± 3) x 10 6 ly (13.1 ± 0.9) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | April 7, 1837 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 2883 • PGC 26713 • ESO 372-024 • MCG -06-21-005 • VV 768 • | |
NGC 2883 is an irregular galaxy of Hubble type IBm in the constellation ship's compass. It is an estimated 43 million light years away from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered on April 7, 1837 by John Herschel .