NGC 2790
Galaxy NGC 2790 |
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SDSS recording | |
AladinLite | |
Constellation | cancer |
Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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Right ascension | 09 h 15 m 02.8 s |
declination | + 19 ° 41 ′ 50 ″ |
Appearance | |
Morphological type | Sc |
Brightness (visual) | 14.5 mag |
Brightness (B-band) | 15.2 mag |
Angular expansion | 0.6 ′ × 0.4 ′ |
Position angle | 51 ° |
Surface brightness | 12.8 mag / arcmin² |
Physical data | |
Redshift | 0.026202 ± 0.000097 |
Radial velocity | (7855 ± 29) km / s |
Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(347 ± 24) x 10 6 ly (106.4 ± 7.5) Mpc |
history | |
discovery | Albert Marth |
Discovery date | February 17, 1865 |
Catalog names | |
NGC 2790 • PGC 26092 • CGCG 091-034 • MCG + 03-24-016 • IRAS 09122 + 1954 • 2MASX J09150276 + 1941491 • Mrk 1228 • |
NGC 2790 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sc in the constellation Cancer on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 347 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered on February 17, 1865 by the astronomer Albert Marth .