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NGC 2800

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NGC 2800
SDSS image of NGC 2800
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
ConstellationUrsa Major
Right ascension09h 18m 35.164s[1]
Declination+52° 30′ 52.49″[1]
Redshift0.025338[2]
Heliocentric radial velocity7500 km/s[2]
Distance374.4 ± 26.3 Mly (114.80 ± 8.05 Mpc)[3]
Apparent magnitude (B)14.0[2]
Characteristics
TypeE[3]
Other designations
UGC 4920, MCG +09-15-117, PGC 26302[2]

NGC 2800, also known as PGC 26302, is an elliptical galaxy in the constellation Ursa Major. It was discovered February 17, 1831 by William Herschel.[4]

References

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  1. ^ a b Skrutskie, Michael F.; Cutri, Roc M.; Stiening, Rae; Weinberg, Martin D.; Schneider, Stephen E.; Carpenter, John M.; Beichman, Charles A.; Capps, Richard W.; Chester, Thomas; Elias, Jonathan H.; Huchra, John P.; Liebert, James W.; Lonsdale, Carol J.; Monet, David G.; Price, Stephan; Seitzer, Patrick; Jarrett, Thomas H.; Kirkpatrick, J. Davy; Gizis, John E.; Howard, Elizabeth V.; Evans, Tracey E.; Fowler, John W.; Fullmer, Linda; Hurt, Robert L.; Light, Robert M.; Kopan, Eugene L.; Marsh, Kenneth A.; McCallon, Howard L.; Tam, Robert; Van Dyk, Schuyler D.; Wheelock, Sherry L. (1 February 2006). "The Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS)". The Astronomical Journal. 131 (2): 1163–1183. Bibcode:2006AJ....131.1163S. doi:10.1086/498708. ISSN 0004-6256. S2CID 18913331.
  2. ^ a b c d "NGC 2800". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2020-06-05.
  3. ^ a b "Results for object NGC 2800 (NGC 2800)". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. California Institute of Technology. Retrieved 2020-06-05.
  4. ^ "New General Catalog Objects: NGC 2800 - 2849".
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