NGC 2795

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Galaxy
NGC 2795
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SDSS recording
SDSS recording
AladinLite
Constellation cancer
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 09 h 16 m 03.9 s
declination + 17 ° 37 ′ 42 ″
Appearance
Morphological type E.  
Brightness  (visual) 12.9 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 13.9 likes
Angular expansion 1.4 ′ × 1 ′
Position angle 170 °
Surface brightness 13.3 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.028683 ± 0.000067  
Radial velocity (8599 ± 20) km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(380 ± 27)  ·  10 6  ly
(116.5 ± 8.2)  Mpc 
history
discovery Albert Marth
Discovery date December 21, 1863
Catalog names
NGC  2795 • UGC  4887 • PGC  26143 • CGCG  091-039 • MCG  + 03-24-020 • 2MASX  J09160388 + 1737424 • LDCE 0622 NED007

NGC 2795 is an elliptical galaxy of Hubble type E in the constellation Cancer on the ecliptic . It is an estimated 380 million light years from the Milky Way .

The object was discovered on December 21, 1863 by the astronomer Albert Marth .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e SEDS : NGC 2795
  3. Seligman