NGC 2891
| Galaxy NGC 2891 |
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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 26 m 19.7 s |
| declination | -24 ° 46 ′ 59 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SA0- |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.5 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.5 likes |
| Angular expansion | 1.5 ′ × 1.4 ′ |
| Position angle | 145 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.4 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.007952 ± 0.000053 |
| Radial velocity | (2384 ± 16) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(97 ± 7) · 10 6 ly (29.7 ± 2.1) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | January 23, 1835 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 2891 • PGC 26794 • ESO 498-008 • MCG -04-23-003 • 2MASX J09265663-2446588 • LDCE 0634 NED012 | |
NGC 2891 is an elliptical galaxy of the Hubble type E-S0 in the constellation Ship Compass. It is estimated to be 97 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered by John Herschel on January 23, 1835 .