PGC 2861
| Galaxy LEDA / PGC 2861 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | whale |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 00 h 48 m 53.23 s |
| declination | -02 ° 22 ′ 55.1 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | In the: |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | NGC 271 group LGG 13 |
| Redshift | 0.013070 ± 0.000070 |
| Radial velocity | 3918 ± 21 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(178 ± 12) · 10 6 ly (54.7 ± 3.8) Mpc |
| history | |
| Catalog names | |
| PGC 2861 • IRAS 00463-0239 • 2MASX J00485322-0222548 • Mrk 557 • GALEX ASC J004853.23-022254.1 • 2MASS J00485324-0222552 • WISEA J004853.23-022255.3 | |
LEDA / PGC 2861 is an irregular galaxy of Hubble type I in the constellation Cetus south of the ecliptic and is approximately 178 million light-years from the Milky Way center. Together with six other galaxies, it forms the NGC 271 group ( LGG 13 ).
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 259 and NGC 271 .