NGC 2889
| Galaxy NGC 2889 |
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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 23 m 36.5 s |
| declination | -10 ° 26 '00 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SAB (rs) c |
| Brightness (visual) | 11.7 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 12.4 mag |
| Angular expansion | 2.3 ′ × 1.9 ′ |
| Position angle | 6 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.2 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.011131 ± 0.000017 |
| Radial velocity | (3337 ± 5) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(141 ± 10) x 10 6 ly (43.2 ± 3.0) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | March 19, 1786 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 2889 • PGC 26806 • MCG -02-24-026 • IRAS 09247-1125 • 2MASX J09271259-1138363 • GC 1854 • H II 555 • h 600 • LDCE 0642 NED003 | |
NGC 2889 is a barred spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBc in the constellation Water Snake south of the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 141 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered by Wilhelm Herschel on March 19, 1786 .