| NGC 2801 | |
|---|---|
 SDSS image of NGC 2801 | |
| Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
| Constellation | Cancer |
| Right ascension | 09h 16m 44.2063s[1] |
| Declination | +19° 56′ 08.535″[1] |
| Redshift | 0.025762 [1] |
| Heliocentric radial velocity | 7723 ± 4[1] |
| Distance | 347.6 Mly (106.57 Mpc)[2] |
| Apparent magnitude (B) | 15.30[3] |
| Characteristics | |
| Type | SA(s)c[1] |
| Size | ~134,700 ly (41.30 kpc) (estimated)[1] |
| Apparent size (V) | 1.1′ × 1.0′[4] |
| Other designations | |
| UGC 4899, MCG +03-24-025, PGC 26183, CGCG 091-046[5] | |
NGC 2801 is a 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).[1] It was discovered February 17, 1865, by Albert Marth.[4]
One supernova has been observed in NGC 2801: SN 2024vrr (type Ib, mag. 19.36).[6]
- ^ a b c d e f g "Results for object NGC 2801". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. NASA and Caltech. Retrieved 12 November 2024.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Search specification: NGC 2801". HyperLeda. Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1. Retrieved 2021-08-29.
- ^ a b Seligman, Courtney. "New General Catalogue objects: NGC 2800 - 2849". cseligman.com. Retrieved 2021-08-29.
- ^ "NGC 2801". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2021-08-29.
- ^ "SN 2024vrr". Transient Name Server. IAU. Retrieved 16 October 2024.