Astronomy:NGC 2801

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Coordinates: Sky map 09h 16m 44.18s, +19° 56′ 08.7″

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NGC 2801 SDSS.jpg
SDSS image of NGC 2801
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
ConstellationCancer
Right ascension 09h 16m 44.18s[1]
Declination+19° 56′ 08.7″[1]
Redshift0.02576[2]
Helio radial velocity7623 km/s[2]
Distance347.6 Mly (106.57 Mpc)[3]
Apparent magnitude (B)15.30[1]
Characteristics
TypeSc[3]
Apparent size (V)1.1′ × 1.0′[4]
Other designations
UGC 4899, MCG+03-24-025, PGC 26183[2]

NGC 2801, also known as PGC 26183, is a spiral galaxy in the constellation Cancer. It was discovered February 17, 1865, by Albert Marth.[4]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Search specification: NGC 2801". HyperLeda. Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1. http://leda.univ-lyon1.fr/ledacat.cgi?o=NGC%202801. Retrieved 2021-08-29. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 "NGC 2801". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=NGC+2801. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 Graur, Or; Bianco, Federica B.; Huang, Shan; Modjaz, Maryam; Shivvers, Isaac; Filippenko, Alexei V.; Li, Weidong; Eldridge, J. J. (2017). "LOSS Revisited. I. Unraveling Correlations between Supernova Rates and Galaxy Properties, as Measured in a Reanalysis of the Lick Observatory Supernova Search". The Astrophysical Journal 837 (2): 120. doi:10.3847/1538-4357/aa5eb8. Bibcode2017ApJ...837..120G. 
  4. 4.0 4.1 Seligman, Courtney. "New General Catalogue objects: NGC 2800 - 2849". http://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ngc28.htm#2801. Retrieved 2021-08-29.