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EntityQ970805· pop 31· linked from 320 articles

interacting galaxy

Key facts

Constellation
Lynx
Right ascension
09 17 22
Declination
+41 ° 59 ′ 58 ″
Heliocentric radial velocity
1726 ± 10 km/s
Type
SB(s)a pec

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Encyclopedic overview

NGC 2798 is a barred spiral galaxy in the constellation Lynx. NGC 2798 and NGC 2799 are listed under the Arp Catalogue as Arp 283 and noted as an "interacting galaxy pair". The galaxy is listed in the New General Catalogue.

References

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Q970805” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.