NGC 2748

NGC 2748
NGC 2748
	NGC 2748 imaged by the Hubble Space Telescope
Observation data (J2000.0 epoch)
Constellation	Camelopardalis
Right ascension	09h 13m 43.037s
Declination	+76° 28′ 31.23″
Redshift	0.004930
Heliocentric radial velocity	1,473 km/s
Distance	61.3 Mly (18.79 Mpc)
Apparent magnitude (V)	11.7
Characteristics
Type	SAbc
Apparent size (V)	2.250 × 0.720 arcmin
Other designations
	UGC 4825, MCG +13-07-019, PGC 26018

NGC 2748 is a spiral galaxy in the northern circumpolar constellation of Camelopardalis,^[6] located at a distance of 61.3 megalight-years from the Milky Way.^[3] It was discovered September 2, 1828 by John Herschel.^[6] The morphological classification of SAbc^[5] indicates this is an unbarred spiral with moderate to loosely-wound spiral arms. It is a disk-like peculiar galaxy with a stellar shell that is rotating about the main galactic axis. This shell was most likely formed through the capture and disruption of a dwarf companion.^[7] The galactic nucleus likely contains a supermassive black hole with a mass of 4.4+3.5
−3.6×10⁷ M_☉, or 44 million times the mass of the Sun.^[5]

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