NGC 2797
| Galaxy NGC 2797 |
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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 21.7 s |
| declination | + 17 ° 43 ′ 38 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Pec |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.5 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.5 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.6 ′ × 0.5 ′ |
| Position angle | 21 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.0 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.025959 ± 0.000087 |
| Radial velocity | (7782 ± 26) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(343 ± 24) x 10 6 ly (105.3 ± 7.4) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Heinrich d'Arrest |
| Discovery date | March 15, 1866 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 2797 • UGC 4891 • PGC 26160 • CGCG 091-042 • MCG + 03-24-023 • 2MASX J09162170 + 1743380 • | |
NGC 2797 is a galaxy of Hubble type P in the constellation Cancer on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 343 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered on March 15, 1866 by the astronomer Heinrich d'Arrest .