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.
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