Astronomical data · SIMBAD
- Object type
- EmG
- Redshift
- z = 0.007725
- Coordinates
- RA 146.0667° · Dec -21.2780°
View on SIMBAD →
via SIMBAD · CDS Strasbourg
Key facts
- Constellation
- Hydra
- Right ascension
- 09 44 16.0188
- Declination
- −21 ° 16 ′ 40.924 ″
- Redshift
- 0.007 679 ± 0.000 014
- Heliocentric radial velocity
- 2,302 ± 4 km/s
- Distance
- 116.31 ± 8.30 Mly (35.661 ± 2.544 Mpc )
- Group or cluster
- NGC 2935 Group
- Type
- E2
- Size
- ~251,900 ly (77.23 kpc ) (estimated)
- Apparent size v
- 3.2′ × 2.8′
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- elliptical galaxy
- Constellation
- Hydra
- Distance from Earth
- 36.91
- Image
- NGC 2986 DSS.jpg
Show 11 more facts
- redshift
- 0.007725
- galaxy morphological type
- E2
- catalog code
- LEDA 27885
- radial velocity
- 2397
- discoverer or inventor
- William Herschel
- time of discovery or invention
- 1785-03-10
- apparent magnitude
- 7.639
- right ascension
- 146.0668500
- declination
- -21.2782889
- epoch
- J2000.0
- Commons category
- NGC 2986
Sources (1)
via Wikidata · CC0
~1 min read
Encyclopedic overview
NGC 2986 is an elliptical galaxy in the constellation of Hydra. Its velocity with respect to the cosmic microwave background is 2,637±24 km/s, which corresponds to a Hubble distance of 126.8 ± 9.0 Mly (38.89 ± 2.75 Mpc). Additionally, 18 non-redshift measurements give a distance of 116.31 ± 8.30 Mly (35.661 ± 2.544 Mpc). It was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel on 10 March 1785.
NGC 2935 group
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “NGC 2986” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
Available in 29 languages
- Français
- Deutsch
- Русский
- Português
- Italiano
- العربية
- Azerbaijani
- Basque
- Belarusian
- Bosnian
- Chechen
- Croatian
- Egyptian Arabic
- Esperanto
- Kazakh
- Lithuanian
- Macedonian
- Nederlands
via Wikidata sitelinks · CC0