NGC2848 is an intermediate spiral galaxy in the constellation of Hydra. Its velocity with respect to the cosmic microwave background is 2,361 ± 23km/s, which corresponds to a Hubble distance of 34.82 ± 2.46Mpc (~114million light-years). It was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel on 31 December 1785.
To date, 13 non-redshift measurements give a distance of 18.892 ± 6.377Mpc (~61.6million light-years), which is outside the Hubble distance values. Since this galaxy is relatively close to the Local Group, it is likely that this value is closer to the true distance of NGC2848. It is with the average value of independent measurements, when they exist, that the NASA/IPAC database calculates the diameter of a galaxy.
Supernovae Two supernovae have been observed in NGC2848: SN1994L (TypeII, mag.14.7) was discovered by Nicholas Brown on 8 April 1994. SN2023usp (TypeII, mag.18.262) was discovered by ATLAS on 12 October 2023.
See also List of NGC objects (2001–3000)
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