NGC 2731
| Galaxy NGC 2731 |
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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 02 m 08.4 s |
| declination | + 08 ° 18 ′ 06 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S? |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.7 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.4 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.8 ′ × 0.5 ′ |
| Position angle | 70 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.6 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.008616 ± 0.000033 |
| Radial velocity | 2583 ± 10 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(110 ± 8) · 10 6 ly (33.6 ± 2.4) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Albert Marth |
| Discovery date | March 3, 1864 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 2731 • UGC 4741 • PGC 25376 • CGCG 033-048 • MCG + 02-23-021 • IRAS 08594 + 0829 • 2MASX J09020839 + 0818063 • NVSS J090208 + 081802 | |
NGC 2731 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sc in the constellation Cancer on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 110 million light years away from the Milky Way and about 25,000 light years in diameter.
The object was discovered by Albert Marth on March 3, 1864 .
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