NGC 2791
| Galaxy NGC 2791 |
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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 15 m 02.0 s |
| declination | + 17 ° 35 ′ 32 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S. |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.7 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.5 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.8 ′ × 0.3 ′ |
| Position angle | 156 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.0 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.028219 ± 0.000080 |
| Radial velocity | (8460 ± 24) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(374 ± 26) · 10 6 ly (114.6 ± 8.0) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Albert Marth |
| Discovery date | December 21, 1863 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 2791 • PGC 26088 • CGCG 091-033 • IRAS F09122 + 1747 • 2MASX J09150197 + 1735322 • | |
NGC 2791 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type S in the constellation Cancer on the ecliptic . It is an estimated 374 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered on December 21, 1863 by the astronomer Albert Marth .