NGC 2988
| Galaxy NGC 2988 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | lion |
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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 |
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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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