NGC 2764
| Galaxy NGC 2764 |
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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 08 m 17.4 s |
| declination | + 21 ° 26 ′ 36 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sa pec? |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.6 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.6 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.5 ′ × 1 ′ |
| Position angle | 15 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.9 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | LGG 166 |
| Redshift | 0.009026 ± 0.000017 |
| Radial velocity | (2706 ± 5) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(117 ± 8) x 10 6 ly (35.9 ± 2.5) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | William Herschel |
| Discovery date | November 16, 1784 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 2764 • UGC 4794 • PGC 25690 • CGCG 121-024 • MCG + 04-22-017 • 2MASX J09103992 + 1841475 • GC 1762 • H III 236 • h 557 • LDCE 0609 NED003 | |
NGC 2764 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sa / P in the constellation Cancer. It is estimated to be 117 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered by Wilhelm Herschel on November 16, 1784 .