NGC 2728
| Galaxy NGC 2728 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | cancer |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 09 h 01 m 40.9 s |
| declination | + 11 ° 04 ′ 59 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sb |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.8 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.6 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.1 ′ × 0.8 ′ |
| Position angle | 60 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.5 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.019173 ± 0.000033 |
| Radial velocity | (5748 ± 10) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(251 ± 18) x 10 6 ly (77.1 ± 5.4) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Albert Marth |
| Discovery date | March 10, 1864 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 2728 • UGC 4738 • PGC 25360 • CGCG 061-042 • MCG + 02-23-020 • 2MASX J09014096 + 1104584 • GALEX ASC J090140.96 + 110458.9 | |
NGC 2728 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sb in the constellation Cancer on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 251 million light years from the Milky Way and about 80,000 light years in diameter .
The galaxies NGC 2720 , NGC 2725 , IC 526 are located in the same area of the sky .
The object was discovered by Albert Marth on March 10, 1864 .
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