NGC 2896
| Galaxy NGC 2896 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | lion |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 09 h 30 m 16.9 s |
| declination | + 23 ° 39 ′ 47 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sat |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.0 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.8 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.9 ′ × 0.9 ′ |
| Surface brightness | 13.6 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.013946 ± 0.000163 |
| Radial velocity | (4181 ± 49) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(184 ± 13) · 10 6 ly (56.3 ± 4.0) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Heinrich d'Arrest |
| Discovery date | May 1, 1864 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 2896 • PGC 26985 • CGCG 122-009 • MCG + 04-23-007 • 2MASX J09301691 + 2339470 • | |
NGC 2896 is an elliptical galaxy of Hubble type e-S0 in the constellation Leo on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 184 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered by Heinrich d'Arrest on May 1, 1864 .
Web links
Commons : NGC 2896 - collection of images, videos, and audio files
