NGC 2789
| Galaxy NGC 2789 / NGC 3167 |
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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 14 m 59.6 s |
| declination | + 29 ° 43 ′ 49 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0 / a |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.6 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.5 likes |
| Angular expansion | 1.5 '× 1.3' |
| Position angle | 20 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.2 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.021160 ± 0.000010 |
| Radial velocity | 6344 ± 3 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(281 ± 20) x 10 6 ly (86.2 ± 6.0) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Édouard Stephan |
| Discovery date | March 13, 1883 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 2789/3167 • UGC 4875 • PGC 26089 • CGCG 151-035 • MCG + 05-22-026 • IRAS 09120 + 2956 • KUG 0912 + 299 • 2MASX J09145961 + 2943492 • GALEX ASC J091459.72 + 294348.9 | |
NGC 2789 = NGC 3167 is a lenticular radio galaxy of the Hubble type SB0 / a in the constellation Cancer on the ecliptic . It is an estimated 281 million light years from the Milky Way and about 125,000 light years across.
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 2783 , IC 2444 , IC 2446 , IC 2449 .
The object was discovered by Édouard Stephan on March 13, 1883 .