NGC 2115

galaxy

Astronomical data · SIMBAD

Object type: G
Distance: 7,464 light-years
Redshift: z = 0.023219396666743365
Coordinates: RA 87.8325° · Dec -50.5829°

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Key facts

Constellation: Pictor
Right ascension: 05 51 19.8104
Declination: −50 ° 34 ′ 58.304 ″
Redshift: 0.023 389 ± 0.000 0730
Heliocentric radial velocity: 7,012 ± 22 km/s
Distance: 340.9 ± 23.9 Mly (104.52 ± 7.33 Mpc )
Type: S0+? pec
Size: ~229,500 ly (70.35 kpc ) (estimated)
Apparent size v: 1.1′ × 0.5′

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Wikidata facts

Image: NGC 2115 legacy dr10.jpg

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catalog code: Gaia DR2 4792868702709593856
time of discovery or invention: 1837-01-04
apparent magnitude: 10.626
galaxy morphological type: -1.0
right ascension: 87.83252693855950
declination: -50.58288522401980
radial velocity: 7004
Commons category: NGC 2115

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NGC 2115 is a large lenticular galaxy in the constellation of Pictor. Its velocity with respect to the cosmic microwave background is 7,087±23 km/s, which corresponds to a Hubble distance of 340.9 ± 23.9 Mly (104.52 ± 7.33 Mpc). It was discovered by British astronomer John Herschel on 4 January 1837.

Pair of interacting galaxies