NGC 2801 is an unbarred spiral galaxy in the constellation Cancer. Its velocity with respect to the cosmic microwave background is 8011 ± 20km/s, which corresponds to a Hubble distance of . It was discovered February 17, 1865, by Albert Marth.
One supernova has been observed in NGC 2801: SN2024vrr (typeIb, mag. 19.36).
See also List of NGC objects (2001–3000)
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