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NGC 2814

galaxy

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It sits within the topics Astronomical objects discovered in 1791, Discoveries by William Herschel and Galaxies discovered in 1791.

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Astronomical data · SIMBAD

Object type: GiP
Redshift: z = 0.00554
Morphology: I
Coordinates: RA 140.2980° · Dec 64.2533°

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Key facts

Constellation: Ursa Major
Right ascension: 09 21 11.4079
Declination: +64 ° 15 ′ 12.499 ″
Heliocentric radial velocity: 1592 ± 4 km/s
Distance: 81.4 ± 5.7 Mly (24.97 ± 1.75 Mpc )
Type: Sb
Size: ~49,400 ly (15.16 kpc ) (estimated)
Apparent size v: 1.1' x 0.3'

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: spiral galaxy
Constellation: Ursa Major
Distance from Earth: 26.22
Image: Late-type galaxy-potw2347a.jpg

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galaxy morphological type: Sb
Commons category: NGC 2814
catalog code: LEDA 26469
discoverer or inventor: William Herschel
time of discovery or invention: 1791-04-03
redshift: 0.005440
apparent magnitude: 11.076
right ascension: 140.2980208
declination: 64.2532583
radial velocity: 1656
epoch: J2000.0

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Encyclopedic overview

NGC 2814 is a small spiral galaxy in the constellation Ursa Major. Its velocity relative to the cosmic microwave background is 1,693 ± 8 km/s, which corresponds to a Hubble distance of 24.97 ± 1.75 Mpc (~81.5 million light years.). German-British astronomer William Herschel discovered this galaxy on 3 April 1791.

NGC 2814 has a luminosity class of II.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “NGC 2814” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.