NGC 2801
| Galaxy NGC 2801 |
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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 44.2 s |
| declination | + 19 ° 56 ′ 09 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SA (s) c |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.4 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.1 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.1 ′ × 1 ′ |
| Position angle | 62 ° |
| Surface brightness | 14.4 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.025751 ± 0.000033 |
| Radial velocity | 7720 ± 10 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(341 ± 24) · 10 6 ly (104.6 ± 7.3) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Albert Marth |
| Discovery date | March 17, 1865 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 2801 • UGC 4899 • PGC 26183 • CGCG 091-046 • MCG + 03-24-025 • 2MASX J09164417 + 1956087 • GALEX ASC J091644.14 + 195608.6 | |
NGC 2801 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type SA (s) c in the constellation Cancer on the ecliptic . It is an estimated 341 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 110,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies NGC 2807 , NGC 2809 , NGC 2812 , IC 2457 .
The object was discovered on March 17, 1865 by the astronomer Albert Marth .
Web links
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