NGC 2766
| Galaxy NGC 2766 |
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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 47.5 s |
| declination | + 29 ° 51 ′ 53 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sab |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.7 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.5 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.4 ′ × 0.5 ′ |
| Position angle | 132 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.2 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.013966 ± 0.000033 |
| Radial velocity | 4187 ± 10 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(185 ± 13) x 10 6 ly (56.7 ± 4.0) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Edouard Stephan |
| Discovery date | March 22, 1884 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 2766 • UGC 4801 • PGC 25735 • CGCG 151-014 • MCG + 05-22-009 • IRAS F09057 + 3004 • 2MASX J09084752 + 2951531 • ASK 487876.0 | |
NGC 2766 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sab in the constellation Cancer on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 185 million light-years from the Milky Way and about 80,000 light-years across .
The object was discovered by Edouard Stephan on March 22, 1884 .