NGC 2891
galaxy
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Summary
NGC 2891 is a galaxy[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]
Key Facts
- Discoverer or inventor: John Frederick William Herschel[3]
- Instance of: lenticular galaxy[4]
- Constellation: Pyxis[5]
- Galaxy morphological type: S0[6]
- Part of: Q67623290[7], Q67625223[8]
- Commons category: NGC 2891[9]
- Has part(s): Q87395162[10]
- Catalog code: NGC 2891[11], MCG-04-23-003[12], PGC 26794[13], ESO 498-8[14], 2MASX J09265663-2446588[15], ESO-LV 498-0080[16], 6dFGS gJ092656.6-244659[17], SGC 092442-2433.9[18], LEDA 26794[19], Gaia DR2 5662470795555078016[20]
- Time of discovery or invention: January 23, 1835[21]
- Redshift: 0.007779[22]
- Apparent magnitude: 12.5[23], 13.30[24], 12.03[25], 14.8536[26], 10.436[27], 9.761[28], 9.552[29]
- Radial velocity: 2358 kilometre per second[30], 2322 kilometre per second[31], 2384 kilometre per second[32], 2363 kilometre per second[33]
- Distance from Earth: 23.33 megaparsec[34], 33.75 megaparsec[35], 23.73 megaparsec[36], 37.53 megaparsec[37]
- Right ascension: 141.73592884661500 degree[38]
- Declination: -24.78299807666560 degree[39]
- Epoch: J2000.0[40]