NGC 2812
| Galaxy NGC 2812 |
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| NGC 2813, NGC 2812 & ( BD + 20 2300 foreground star) SDSS | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | cancer |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 09 h 17 m 40.8 s |
| declination | + 19 ° 55 ′ 08 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0 / Sb |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.9 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.9 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.5 ′ × 0.1 ′ |
| Position angle | 150 ° |
| Surface brightness | 11.5 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | WBL 213-009 |
| Redshift | 0.030254 ± 0.000073 |
| Radial velocity | 9070 ± 22 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(401 ± 28) x 10 6 ly (123.0 ± 8.6) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Albert Marth |
| Discovery date | February 17, 1865 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 2812 • PGC 26242 • CGCG 091-060 • 2MASX J09174075 + 1955081 • GALEX ASC J091740.86 + 195507.7 • USGC U218 NED10 | |
NGC 2812 is a lenticular galaxy of Hubble type S0 in the constellation Cancer on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 401 million light-years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 60,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 2807 , NGC 2809 , NGC 2813 , IC 2457 .
The object was discovered on February 17, 1865 by the astronomer Albert Marth .