NGC 2773
| Galaxy NGC 2773 |
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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 09 m 44.2 s |
| declination | + 07 ° 10 ′ 25 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S? HII |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.6 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.5 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.7 ′ × 0.3 ′ |
| Position angle | 83 ° |
| Surface brightness | 11.8 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.018339 ± 0.000033 |
| Radial velocity | (5498 ± 10) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(240 ± 17) x 10 6 ly (73.5 ± 5.1) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Albert Marth |
| Discovery date | March 6, 1864 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 2773 • UGC 4815 • PGC 25825 • CGCG 034-005 • MCG + 01-24-004 • IRAS 09070 + 0722 • 2MASX J09094416 + 0710255 • | |
NGC 2773 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sa? in the constellation Cancer on the ecliptic . It is an estimated 240 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered on March 6, 1864 by the astronomer Albert Marth .