NGC 2988
Galaxy NGC 2988 |
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SDSS recording | |
AladinLite | |
Constellation | lion |
Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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Right ascension | 09 h 46 m 47.9 s |
declination | + 22 ° 00 ′ 42 ″ |
Appearance | |
Morphological type | SBbc |
Brightness (visual) | 15.0 mag |
Brightness (B-band) | 15.8 mag |
Angular expansion | 0.90 ′ × 0.2 ′ |
Position angle | 30 ° |
Surface brightness | 13.0 mag / arcmin² |
Physical data | |
Affiliation | WBL 245 |
Redshift | 0.025380 ± 0.000037 |
Radial velocity | (7609 ± 11) km / s |
Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(337 ± 23) x 10 6 ly (103.2 ± 7.2) Mpc |
history | |
discovery | RJ Mitchell |
Discovery date | February 19, 1855 |
Catalog names | |
NGC 2988 • UGC 5233 • PGC 28078 • CGCG 122-078 NED01 • MCG + 04-23-032 • 2MASX J0946479 + 220043 • KPG 214A |
NGC 2988 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sbc in the constellation Leo on the ecliptic . It is an estimated 337 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered by RJ Mitchell on February 19, 1855 .
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