NGC 2897
| Galaxy NGC 2897 |
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![NGC 2897 & LEDA 135724 [1]](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:NGC2897_-_SDSS_DR14.jpg)
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| NGC 2897 & LEDA 135724 | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Water snake |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 09 h 29 m 45.7 s |
| declination | + 02 ° 12 ′ 25 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0o: |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.5 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.5 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.7 ′ × 0.4 ′ |
| Position angle | 170 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.0 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.023443 ± 0.000090 |
| Radial velocity | 7028 ± 27 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(308 ± 22) x 10 6 ly (94.3 ± 6.6) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Albert Marth |
| Discovery date | February 6, 1864 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 2897 • PGC 26949 • 2MASX J09294572 + 0212252 • SDSS J092945.72 + 021224.9 • NSA 157280 • LDCE 643 NED004 | |
NGC 2897 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0 in the constellation Water Snake south of the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 308 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 65,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies NGC 2877 , NGC 2878 , NGC 2898 , among others .
The object was discovered by Albert Marth on February 6, 1864 .
Web links
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