NGC 2890
| Galaxy NGC 2890 |
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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 29.8 s |
| declination | -14 ° 31 ′ 43 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0- |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.5 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.5 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.8 ′ × 0.5 ′ |
| Position angle | 67 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.6 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.017092 ± 0.000097 |
| Radial velocity | (5124 ± 29) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(220 ± 15) · 10 6 ly (67.6 ± 4.7) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Francis Leavenworth |
| Discovery date | January 11, 1886 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 2890 • PGC 26778 • MCG -02-24-024 • 2MASX J09262978-1431436 • | |
NGC 2890 is an elliptical galaxy of the Hubble type E-S0 in the constellation Water Snake. It is an estimated 220 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered by Francis Leavenworth on January 11, 1886 .