NGC 2743
| Galaxy NGC 2743 |
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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 54.0 s |
| declination | + 25 ° 00 ′ 14 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sdm: |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.7 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.3 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.1 ′ × 0.8 ′ |
| Position angle | 105 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.4 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.009984 ± 0.000023 |
| Radial velocity | (2993 ± 7) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(131 ± 9) · 10 6 ly (40.1 ± 2.8) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | William Herschel |
| Discovery date | February 22, 1787 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 2743 • UGC 4760 • PGC 25496 • CGCG 121-013 • MCG + 04-22-009 • IRAS 09019 + 2512 • 2MASX J09045400 + 2500145 • GC 1751 • H III 608 • NSA 157025 • LDCE 607 NED002 | |
NGC 2743 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type SD in the constellation Cancer on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 131 million light years from the Milky Way and about 40,000 light years across.
In the same area of the sky is u. a. the galaxy NGC 2753 and NGC 2750 .
The object was discovered by Wilhelm Herschel on February 22nd, 1787 .
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