NGC 2985
| Galaxy NGC 2985 |
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| Photo from the Hubble Space Telescope | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Big Bear |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 09 h 50 m 22.2 s |
| declination | + 72 ° 16 ′ 43 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | (R ') SA (rs) ab / LINER |
| Brightness (visual) | 10.4 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 11.2 mag |
| Angular expansion | 4.6 ′ × 3.4 ′ |
| Position angle | 0 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.2 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.004410 ± 0.000023 |
| Radial velocity | 1322 ± 7 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(64 ± 5) x 10 6 ly (19.7 ± 1.4) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | William Herschel |
| Discovery date | April 3, 1785 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 2985 • UGC 5253 • PGC 28316 • CGCG 333-004 • CGCG 332-067 • MCG + 12-10-06 • IRAS 09459 + 7230 • 2MASX J09502223 + 7216431 • GC 1909 • H I 78 • h 629 • | |
NGC 2985 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type (R) SA (rs) from the Great Bear constellation . It is estimated to be 64 million light years from the Milky Way .
NGC 2985 is located approximately 35 ′ east of the 5 mag star 27 Ursae Majoris .
The object was discovered on April 3, 1785 by William Herschel with a 48 cm telescope.