NGC 2737

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Galaxy
NGC 2737
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SDSS recording
SDSS recording
AladinLite
Constellation cancer
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 09 h 03 m 59.7 s
declination + 21 ° 54 ′ 24 ″
Appearance
Morphological type Sab  
Brightness  (visual) 14.1 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 14.9 mag
Angular expansion 0.9 ′ × 0.4 ′
Position angle 61 °
Surface brightness 12.8 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.010554 ± 0.000060  
Radial velocity (3164 ± 18) km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(138 ± 10)  x  10 6  ly
(42.2 ± 3.0)  Mpc 
history
discovery Heinrich d'Arrest
Discovery date February 23, 1862
Catalog names
NGC  2737 • PGC  25453 • CGCG  121-009 • MCG  + 04-22-005 • 2MASX  J09035969 + 2154237 • LDCE 0609 NED001

NGC 2737 is a lenticular galaxy of Hubble type SB0-a in the constellation Cancer on the ecliptic . It is an estimated 138 million light years from the Milky Way .

The object was discovered by Heinrich d'Arrest on February 23, 1862 .

Web links

Commons : NGC 2737  - collection of images, videos, and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e f SEDS : NGC 2737
  3. Seligman