NGC 2801

NGC 2801
SDSS image of NGC 2801
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
ConstellationCancer
Right ascension09h 16m 44.2063s
Declination+19° 56′ 08.535″
Redshift0.025762
Heliocentric radial velocity7723 ± 4
Distance347.6 Mly (106.57 Mpc)
Apparent magnitude (B)15.30
Characteristics
TypeSA(s)c
Size~134,700 ly (41.30 kpc) (estimated)
Apparent size (V)1.1′ × 1.0′
Other designations
UGC 4899, MCG +03-24-025, PGC 26183, CGCG 091-046

NGC 2801 is an unbarred spiral galaxy in the constellation Cancer. Its velocity with respect to the cosmic microwave background is 8011 ± 20 km/s, which corresponds to a Hubble distance of 385.4 ± 27.0 Mly (118.16 ± 8.28 Mpc). It was discovered February 17, 1865, by Albert Marth.

One supernova has been observed in NGC 2801: SN 2024vrr (type Ib, mag. 19.36).

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Results for object NGC 2801". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. NASA and Caltech. Retrieved 12 November 2024.
  2. ↑ 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. arXiv:1609.02921. Bibcode:2017ApJ...837..120G. doi:10.3847/1538-4357/aa5eb8. S2CID 118563266.
  3. ↑ "Search specification: NGC 2801". HyperLeda. Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1. Retrieved 2021-08-29.
  4. 1 2 Seligman, Courtney. "New General Catalogue objects: NGC 2800 - 2849". cseligman.com. Retrieved 2021-08-29.
  5. ↑ "NGC 2801". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2021-08-29.
  6. ↑ "SN 2024vrr". Transient Name Server. IAU. Retrieved 16 October 2024.