NGC 2887
| Galaxy NGC 2887 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Keel of the ship |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 09 h 23 m 24.0 s |
| declination | -63 ° 48 ′ 45 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SA (s) 0- |
| Brightness (visual) | 11.7 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 12.7 mag |
| Angular expansion | 2.1 ′ × 1.6 ′ |
| Position angle | 78 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.1 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.009610 ± 0.000083 |
| Radial velocity | (2881 ± 25) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(119 ± 8) · 10 6 ly (36.4 ± 2.6) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | March 8, 1834 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 2887 • PGC 26592 • ESO 091-009 • 2MASX J09232401-6348453 • LDCE 0653 NED002 | |
NGC 2887 is an elliptical galaxy of Hubble type e-S0 in the constellation keel of the ship. It is estimated to be 119 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered by John Herschel on March 8, 1834 .