| NGC2805 / Galaxy, type SAB(rs)d |
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| R.A. | 09h 20m 19.8s (2000.0) |
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| Dec. | +64°06' 07" (2000.0) |
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| Apparent Size | 6.3×4.7' |
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| Radial Velocity | +1699km/s |
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| Magnitude | 11.5 |
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| Distance | 85 million light yrs. |
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| Group of Galaxies | NGC2805 Group |
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| Other IDs | UGC 4936, CGCG 312-2
MCG +11-12-3, PGC 26410 |
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NGC2805 is a medium-scaled spiral galaxy positioned at the head of Ursa Major, about 1.5 degrees northwest of 23 UMa.
The galaxy has a brightness of about 11th magnitude and an apparent diameter of a bit larger than 6 arc minutes.
This image shows the indistinct arms are wound loosely.
And two edge-on galaxies can be detected at about 10 arc minutes northeast of the galaxy, a larger one is NGC2820 and another one is NGC2814.
These galaxies are forming a small galaxy group at about 85 millions light years away.
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