NGC 2814
| Galaxy NGC 2814 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Big Bear |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 09 h 21 m 11.5 s |
| declination | + 64 ° 15 ′ 11 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sb: |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.5 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.3 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.1 ′ × 0.3 ′ |
| Position angle | 179 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.1 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | NGC 2805 group WBL 218-001 LGG 173 |
| Redshift | 0.005310 ± 0.000013 |
| Radial velocity | (1592 ± 4) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(75 ± 5) x 10 6 ly (23.0 ± 1.6) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | William Herschel |
| Discovery date | April 3, 1791 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 2814 • UGC 4952 • PGC 26469 • CGCG 312-003 • MCG + 11-12-004 • IRAS 9170 + 6428 • 2MASX J09211152 + 6415117 • GC 1797 • H II 868 • HOLM 124C • LDCE 635 NED002 | |
NGC 2814 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sb in the constellation Ursa Major at the northern sky . It is an estimated 75 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 25,000 ly. Together with NGC 2805 , NGC 2820 and IC 2458 , it forms the interactive galaxy quartet Holm 124 .
The object was discovered on April 3, 1791 by the astronomer William Herschel .