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galaxy

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.