NGC 2908
| Galaxy NGC 2908 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Dragon |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 09 h 43 m 31.4 s |
| declination | + 79 ° 42 ′ 05 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | (R ') SA (r) b |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.3 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.2 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.8 ′ × 0.8 ′ |
| Surface brightness | 12.7 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.020137 ± 0.000173 |
| Radial velocity | (6037 ± 52) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(276 ± 20) x 10 6 ly (84.6 ± 6.0) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | William Herschel |
| Discovery date | September 26, 1802 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 2908 • UGC 5152 • PGC 27831 • CGCG 350-029 • MCG + 13-07-034 • 2MASX J09433142 + 7942044 • GC 1866 • H III 977 • | |
NGC 2908 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type S in the constellation Draco. It is an estimated 276 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered by Wilhelm Herschel on September 26, 1802 .