NGC 2786
| Galaxy NGC 2786 |
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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 13 m 35.6 s |
| declination | + 12 ° 26 ′ 27 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sa? |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.8 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.7 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.9 ′ × 0.6 ′ |
| Position angle | 77 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.0 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.016054 ± 0.000150 |
| Radial velocity | (4813 ± 45) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(210 ± 15) · 10 6 ly (64.4 ± 4.5) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Albert Marth |
| Discovery date | April 5, 1864 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 2786 • UGC 4861 • PGC 26008 • CGCG 062-008 • MCG + 02-24-002 • IRAS 09108 + 1238 • 2MASX J09133557 + 1226271 • | |
NGC 2786 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sa in the constellation Cancer on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 210 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered on April 5, 1864 by the astronomer Albert Marth .