NGC 2892
| Galaxy NGC 2892 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Big Bear |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 09 h 32 m 52.9 s |
| declination | + 67 ° 37 ′ 03 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E + pec |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.1 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.1 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.4 ′ × 1.4 ′ |
| Surface brightness | 13.9 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.022822 ± 0.000070 |
| Radial velocity | (6842 ± 21) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(310 ± 22) x 10 6 ly (95.1 ± 6.7) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Lewis Swift |
| Discovery date | May 11, 1885 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 2892 • UGC 5073 • PGC 27111 • CGCG 312-015 • MCG + 11-12-015 • 2MASX J09325289 + 6737026 • LDCE 0656 NED002 | |
NGC 2892 is an elliptical galaxy of Hubble type E in the constellation Ursa Major. It is an estimated 310 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered by Lewis Swift on May 11, 1885 .
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