NGC 2898
| Galaxy NGC 2898 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| 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 46.3 s |
| declination | + 02 ° 03 ′ 52 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0 + / LINER |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.7 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.6 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1 ′ × 0.8 ′ |
| Position angle | 125 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.3 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.011832 ± 0.000027 |
| Radial velocity | 3547 ± 8 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(152 ± 11) · 10 6 ly (46.6 ± 3.3) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Albert Marth |
| Discovery date | February 6, 1864 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 2898 • PGC 26950 • CGCG 006-048 • MCG + 00-24-018 • IRAS F09271 + 0217 • 2MASX J09294632 + 0203522 • GALEX MSC J092946.47 + 020350.8 • LDCE 643 NED005 | |
NGC 2898 is a lenticular galaxy with an active nucleus of the Hubble-type S0 / a in the constellation Water Snake south of the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 152 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 45,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies NGC 2877 , NGC 2878 , NGC 2897 , among others .
The object was discovered by Albert Marth on February 6, 1864 .
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