NGC 2745

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Galaxy
NGC 2745
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NGC 2745 with LEDA 1554810 [1] (lo)
NGC 2745 with LEDA 1554810 (lo)
AladinLite
Constellation cancer
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 09 h 04 m 39.3 s
declination + 18 ° 15 ′ 27 ″
Appearance
Morphological type C.  
Brightness  (visual) 14.3 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 15.3 mag
Angular expansion 0.4 ′ × 0.2 ′
Position angle 0 °
Surface brightness 11.4 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Affiliation WBL 202-001  
Redshift 0.012133 ± 0.000175  
Radial velocity 3637 ± 52 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(158 ± 11)  ·  10 6  ly
(48.5 ± 3.5)  Mpc 
history
discovery Albert Marth
Discovery date March 28, 1864
Catalog names
NGC  2745 • PGC  25478 • CGCG  090-064 • 2MASX  J09043929 + 1815261 • GALEX ASC J090439.35 + 181526.6 • USGC U203 NED04

NGC 2745 is a lenticular galaxy of Hubble type S0 in the constellation Cancer on the ecliptic . It is an estimated 158 million light years away from the Milky Way and about 20,000 light years in diameter.
In the same area of ​​the sky are the galaxies NGC 2744 , NGC 2747 , NGC 2749 , NGC 2751 , among others .

The object was discovered by Albert Marth on March 28, 1864 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Aladin Lite
  2. a b c d e NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  3. a b c d e f SEDS : NGC 2745
  4. Seligman