NGC 2738
| Galaxy NGC 2738 |
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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 04 m 00.3 s |
| declination | + 21 ° 58 ′ 03 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sc |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.3 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.9 likes |
| Angular expansion | 1.4 ′ × 0.6 ′ |
| Position angle | 55 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.9 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | LGG 166 |
| Redshift | 0.010367 ± 0.000013 |
| Radial velocity | (3108 ± 4) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(167 ± 12) · 10 6 ly (51.1 ± 3.6) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Heinrich d'Arrest |
| Discovery date | February 23, 1863 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 2738 • UGC 4752 • PGC 25454 • CGCG 121-010 • MCG + 04-22-006 • IRAS 09011 + 2210 • 2MASX J09040047 + 2158036 • VV 481 • LDCE 0609 NED002 | |
NGC 2738 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sc in the constellation Cancer on the ecliptic . It is an estimated 167 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered by Heinrich d'Arrest on February 23, 1863 .
Web links
Commons : NGC 2738 - collection of images, videos, and audio files
