NGC 2794
| Galaxy NGC 2794 |
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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 16 m 01.8 s |
| declination | + 17 ° 35 ′ 23 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB? AGN? |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.2 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.0 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.2 ′ × 1.2 ′ |
| Surface brightness | 13.4 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.029220 ± 0.000067 |
| Radial velocity | (8760 ± 20) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(387 ± 27) · 10 6 ly (118.7 ± 8.3) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Heinrich d'Arrest |
| Discovery date | March 15, 1866 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 2794 • UGC 4885 • PGC 26140 • CGCG 091-037 • MCG + 03-24-018 • 2MASX J09160178 + 1735234 • LDCE 0622 NED005 | |
NGC 2794 is a bar-spiral galaxy of the Hubble-type SB? in the constellation Cancer on the ecliptic . It is an estimated 387 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered on March 15, 1866 by the astronomer Heinrich d'Arrest .