NGC 2753
| Galaxy NGC 2753 |
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| SDSS | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | cancer |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 09 h 07 m 08.2 s |
| declination | + 25 ° 20 ′ 33 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SBab |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.5 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.5 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.8 ′ × 0.5 ′ |
| Position angle | 15 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.6 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.009283 ± 0.000102 |
| Radial velocity | 2783 ± 31 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(121 ± 8) · 10 6 ly (37.2 ± 2.6) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Heinrich d'Arrest |
| Discovery date | February 21, 1863 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 2753 • PGC 25603 • CGCG 121-020 • MCG + 04-22-015 • IRAS 09042 + 2532 • 2MASX J09070822 + 2520324 • GALEX ASC J090708.29 + 252032.6 | |
NGC 2753 is a barred spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBab in the constellation Cancer on the ecliptic . It is an estimated 121 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 30,000 ly . With PGC 25603 it has a small companion galaxy.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies NGC 2743 , NGC 2750 , IC 2435 .
The object was discovered by Heinrich Louis d'Arrest on February 21, 1863 .