NGC 2748

id: ngc-2748-170-7577655
title: NGC 2748
text: NGC 2748 is a spiral galaxy in the northern circumpolar constellation of Camelopardalis, located at a distance of 61.3 megalight-years from the Milky Way. It was discovered September 2, 1828 by John Herschel. The morphological classification of SAbc 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 disruptio
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description: Galaxy in the constellation Camelopardalis
original url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NGC_2748
date created: 2015-01-22T00:58:50Z
date modified: 2024-08-31T21:56:19Z
main entity: {"identifier":"Q1050648","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1050648"}
image: {"content_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fb/NGC2748-hst-R814GB450.jpg","width":1280,"height":1280}
fields total: 13
integrity: 16

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