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Page last updated Jul 24, 2011
WORKING: Add positions/physical data (per Steinicke)
NGC 2850 (= PGC 26452)
Discovered (Mar 22, 1882) by Édouard Stephan (12-36)
A 14th-magnitude lenticular galaxy (type S0) in Hydra (RA 09 20 56.9, Dec -04 56 22)
Based on a recessional velocity of 7430 km/sec, NGC 2850 is about 345 million light years away. Given that and its apparent size of 0.9 by 0.7 arcmins, it is about 90 thousand light years across. |
Above, a 2.4 arcmin wide closeup of NGC 2850
Below, a 12 arcmin wide region centered on the galaxy
NGC 2851
Discovered (Feb 27, 1886) by Lewis Swift (3-43)
NGC 2852
Discovered (Mar 18, 1787) by William Herschel
NGC 2853
Discovered (Mar 18, 1787) by William Herschel
NGC 2854
Discovered (Mar 9, 1788) by William Herschel
NGC 2855
Discovered (Mar 19, 1786) by William Herschel
NGC 2856
Discovered (Mar 9, 1788) by William Herschel
NGC 2857 (= Arp 1 = PGC 26666)
Discovered (Jan 9, 1856) by R. J. Mitchell
A 13th-magnitude spiral galaxy (type SA(s)c) in Ursa Major (RA 09 24 37.7, Dec +49 21 26)
Based on a recessional velocity of 4885 km/sec, NGC 2857 is about 225 million light years away. Given that and its apparent size of 1.9 by 1.7 arcmins, it is about 125 thousand light years across. |
Above, a 2.4-arcmin wide closeup of NGC 2857
Below, a 12 arcmin wide region centered on the galaxy
NGC 2858
Discovered (Mar 3, 1864) by Albert Marth (161)
NGC 2859
Discovered (Mar 28, 1786) by William Herschel
NGC 2860
Discovered (Mar 17, 1884) by Édouard Stephan (13-47)
NGC 2861
Discovered (Mar 28, 1864) by Albert Marth (162)
NGC 2862
Discovered (Feb 21, 1863) by Heinrich d'Arrest
NGC 2863 (= NGC 2869)
Discovered (Mar 25, 1786) by William Herschel (and later listed as NGC 2863)
Discovered (1886) by Frank Muller (and later listed as NGC 2869)
The second IC adds (per Howe) "2869 = 2863"; so the identity of the two entries has been known for more than a century
NGC 2864
Discovered (Mar 6, 1864) by Albert Marth (163)
NGC 2865 (= PGC 26601)
Discovered (Jan 23, 1835) by John Herschel
A 12th-magnitude elliptical galaxy (type E3 pec?) in Hydra (RA 09 23 30.2, Dec -23 09 41)
A closeup of the galaxy shows an apparently ordinary elliptical galaxy; but a wider-field view (such as the "closeup" below) shows clouds of stars extending to the northwest and east.
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Above, a 5 arcmin wide "closeup" of NGC 2865
Below, a 12 arcmin wide region centered on the galaxy
NGC 2866
Discovered (Mar 31, 1835) by John Herschel
NGC 2867
Discovered (Apr 1, 1834) by John Herschel
NGC 2868
Discovered (1886) by Frank Muller (II-411)
The second IC lists a corrected RA (per Howe) of 09 16 38
NGC 2869 (= NGC 2863)
Discovered (Mar 25, 1786) by William Herschel (and later listed as NGC 2863)
Discovered (1886) by Frank Muller (II-412) (and later listed as NGC 2869)
The second IC adds (per Howe) "2869 = 2863"; so the identity of the two entries has been known for more than a century
WORKING: Add discoverers (per Steinicke)
NGC 2870
Discovered (Mar 19, 1790) by William Herschel
NGC 2871
Discovered (Mar 7, 1874) by Lawrence Parsons, 4th Earl of Rosse
The first IC adds (for 2871 and 2875) "Not seen by Spitaler; but he is wrong in assuming them = h597 and 598. They are marked ε and γ in the Birr diagram". |
NGC 2872
Discovered (Mar 3, 1784) by William Herschel
NGC 2873
Discovered (Feb 22, 1857) by R. J. Mitchell
NGC 2874
Discovered (Mar 15, 1786) by William Herschel
NGC 2875
Discovered (Mar 7, 1874) by Lawrence Parsons, 4th Earl of Rosse
The first IC adds (for 2871 and 2875) "Not seen by Spitaler; but he is wrong in assuming them = h597 and 598. They are marked ε and γ in the Birr diagram". |
NGC 2876
Discovered (Mar 5, 1880) by Édouard Stephan (10-20)
The second IC adds the correction "For 'St IX' read 'St X' ", and "Query = IC 2471, Bigourdan 398"
NGC 2877
Discovered (Mar 28, 1864) by Albert Marth (164)
NGC 2878
Discovered (Mar 28, 1864) by Albert Marth (165)
NGC 2879
Discovered (Feb 27, 1865) by Heinrich d'Arrest
NGC 2880
Discovered (Apr 2, 1791) by William Herschel
NGC 2881
Discovered (Feb 9, 1886) by Lewis Swift (3-44)
The second IC notes (per Howe) "The 2 stars are southeast, 9.5 and 10.5 magnitude".
NGC 2882
Discovered (Mar 6, 1864) by Albert Marth (166)
NGC 2883
Discovered (Apr 7, 1837) by John Herschel
NGC 2884
Discovered (Feb 27, 1865) by Heinrich d'Arrest
NGC 2885 (= IC 538)
Discovered (Feb 24, 1827) by John Herschel (and later listed as NGC 2885)
Discovered (Mar 21, 1890) by Guillaume Bigourdan (and later listed as IC 538)
NGC 2886
Discovered (Feb 1, 1837) by John Herschel
NGC 2887
Discovered (Mar 8, 1834) by John Herschel
NGC 2888
Discovered (Mar 30, 1835) by John Herschel
NGC 2889
Discovered (Mar 19, 1786) by William Herschel
NGC 2890
Discovered (Jan 11, 1886) by Francis Leavenworth (I-154)
The second IC lists a corrected RA (per Howe) of 09 19 50
NGC 2891
Discovered (Jan 23, 1835) by John Herschel
NGC 2892
Discovered (May 11, 1885) by Lewis Swift (1-8)
NGC 2893
Discovered (Mar 13, 1785 by William Herschel
NGC 2894
Discovered (Jan 23, 1784) by William Herschel
NGC 2895
Discovered (Feb 9, 1831) by John Herschel
NGC 2896
Discovered (May 1, 1864) by Heinrich d'Arrest
NGC 2897
Discovered (Feb 6, 1864) by Albert Marth (167)
NGC 2898
Discovered (Feb 6, 1864) by Albert Marth (168)
NGC 2899
Discovered (Feb 27, 1835) by John Herschel
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