NGC 2813

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Galaxy
NGC 2813
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NGC 2813 & NGC 2812, SDSS
NGC 2813 & NGC 2812, SDSS
AladinLite
Constellation cancer
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 09 h 17 m 45.4 s
declination + 19 ° 54 ′ 24 ″
Appearance
Morphological type S0  
Brightness  (visual) 14.3 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 15.3 mag
Angular expansion 1.3 ′ × 1.1 ′
Position angle 145 °
Surface brightness 14.6 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Affiliation WBL 213-010  
Redshift 0.029304 ± 0.000093  
Radial velocity 8785 ± 28 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(388 ± 27)  ·  10 6  ly
(119.1 ± 8.3)  Mpc 
history
discovery Albert Marth
Discovery date February 17, 1865
Catalog names
NGC  2813 • UGC  4916 • PGC  26252 • CGCG  091-061 • MCG  + 03-24-037 • 2MASX  J09174543 + 1954240 • GALEX ASC J091745.54 + 195424.2 • LDCE 0622 NED016

NGC 2813 is a lenticular galaxy of Hubble type  S0 in the constellation Cancer on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 388 million light years from the Milky Way and about 150,000 light years in diameter.

In the same area of ​​the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 2807 , NGC 2809 , NGC 2812 , IC 2457 .

The object was discovered on February 17, 1865 by the astronomer Albert Marth .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d e NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e f SEDS : NGC 2813
  3. Seligman