NGC 2819
| Galaxy NGC 2819 |
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| NGC 2819 with LEDA 1503775 (above), SDSS | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | cancer |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 09 h 18 m 09.3 s |
| declination | + 16 ° 11 ′ 53 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E / LINER |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.0 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.0 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.4 ′ × 1.3 ′ |
| Position angle | 60 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.7 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.030151 ± 0.000107 |
| Radial velocity | 9039 ± 32 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(399 ± 28) · 10 6 ly (122.4 ± 8.6) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Albert Marth |
| Discovery date | December 21, 1863 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 2819 • UGC 4924 • PGC 26274 • CGCG 091-062 • MCG + 03-24-040 • 2MASX J09180931 + 1611526 • LDCE 622 NED017 | |
NGC 2819 is an elliptical galaxy with an active nucleus of the Hubble type E1 in the constellation Cancer on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 399 million light years from the Milky Way and about 165,000 light years in diameter.
The object was discovered on December 21, 1863 by the astronomer Albert Marth with a 28 cm telescope.