NGC 2747

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Galaxy
NGC 2747
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SDSS recording
SDSS recording
AladinLite
Constellation cancer
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 09 h 05 m 18.3 s
declination + 18 ° 26 ′ 32 ″
Appearance
Morphological type S.  
Brightness  (visual) 14.5 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 15.3 mag
Angular expansion 0.4 ′ × 0.2 ′
Position angle 170 °
Surface brightness 11.6 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.013973 ± 0.000159  
Radial velocity 4189 ± 48 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(183 ± 13)  ·  10 6  ly
(56.1 ± 4.0)  Mpc 
history
discovery Albert Marth
Discovery date March 29, 1865
Catalog names
NGC  2747 • PGC  25507 • CGCG  090-070 • 2MASX  J09051836 + 1826322 • GALEX ASC J090518.34 + 182631.3

NGC 2747 is a spiral dwarf galaxy of the Hubble type S in the constellation Cancer on the ecliptic . It is an estimated 183 million light years from the Milky Way and about 20,000 light years across.
In the same area of ​​the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 2744 , NGC 2749 , NGC 2751 , NGC 2752 .

The object was discovered by Albert Marth on March 29, 1865 .

Web links

Commons : NGC 2747  - collection of images, videos, and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. a b c NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e f SEDS : NGC 2747
  3. Seligman