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galaxy

Astronomical data · SIMBAD

Object type
GiG
Redshift
z = 0.017252
Coordinates
RA 102.7442° · Dec 33.5252°
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Key facts

Constellation
Gemini
Right ascension
06 50 58.6
Declination
33 ° 31 ′ 30 ″
Heliocentric radial velocity
5205 km/s
Type
SA0

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Encyclopedic overview

NGC 2291 is an unbarred lenticular galaxy in the constellation Gemini. It was discovered by John Herschel on January 22, 1827. The visual magnitude is 13, and the apparent size is 1.0 by 0.8 arc minutes.

References

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “NGC 2291” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.