NGC 2756
| Galaxy NGC 2756 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Big Bear |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 09 h 09 m 00.9 s |
| declination | + 53 ° 50 ′ 58 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sb |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.4 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.2 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.7 ′ × 1.2 ′ |
| Position angle | 0 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.0 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.013272 ± 0.000033 |
| Radial velocity | (3979 ± 10) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(180 ± 13) x 10 6 ly (55.2 ± 3.9) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | William Herschel |
| Discovery date | March 18, 1790 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 2756 • UGC 4796 • PGC 25757 • CGCG 264-067 • MCG + 09-15-098 • 2MASX J09090098 + 5350581 • GC 1759 • H II 828 • h 553 • | |
NGC 2756 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sb in the constellation Ursa Major at the northern sky . It is estimated to be 180 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered by Wilhelm Herschel on March 18, 1790 .