NGC 2884
| Galaxy NGC 2884 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Water snake |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 09 h 26 m 24.4 s |
| declination | -11 ° 33 ′ 20 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0 / a? |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.6 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.5 likes |
| Angular expansion | 2.1 ′ × 1 ′ |
| Position angle | 174 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.3 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.017304 ± 0.000031 |
| Radial velocity | (5188 ± 9) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(223 ± 16) · 10 6 ly (68.5 ± 4.8) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Heinrich d'Arrest |
| Discovery date | February 27, 1865 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 2884 • PGC 26773 • MCG -02-24-022 • 2MASX J09262451-1133207 • | |
NGC 2884 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble-type S0-a in the constellation Water Snake. It is an estimated 223 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered by Heinrich d'Arrest on February 27, 1865 .