NGC 2796
| Galaxy NGC 2796 |
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![LEDA 1923364 (l), NGC 2796 & LEDA 3088981 [1] (r), SDSS mount](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:NGC2796_-_SDSS_DR14.jpg)
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| LEDA 1923364 (l), NGC 2796 & LEDA 3088981 (r), SDSS image | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | cancer |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 09 h 16 m 41.8 s |
| declination | + 30 ° 54 ′ 55 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sa / AGN |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.5 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.4 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.1 ′ × 0.7 ′ |
| Position angle | 80 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.1 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.023190 ± 0.000010 |
| Radial velocity | 6952 ± 3 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(309 ± 22) · 10 6 ly (94.6 ± 6.6) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | William Herschel |
| Discovery date | March 13, 1785 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 2796 • UGC 4893 • PGC 26178 • CGCG 151-042 NED02 • MCG + 05-22-029 • KUG 0913 + 311 • 2MASX J09164185 + 3054551 • GC 1785 • H III 296 • h 573 • GALEX ASC J091641.86 + 305455.0 • HOLM 115A • LDCE 619 NED004 | |
NGC 2796 is a spiral galaxy with an active nucleus of the Hubble type Sa in the constellation Cancer on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 309 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 100,000 ly . Together with LEDA 1923364 & LEDA 3088981 , it forms the galaxy trio Holm 115 .
The object was discovered on March 13, 1785 by the astronomer William Herschel .