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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

via Wikipedia infobox

Wikidata facts

Distance from Earth
73.08
Image
NGC 2291.jpg
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catalog code
Gaia DR2 937792713080526592
time of discovery or invention
1827-01-22
redshift
0.017142
apparent magnitude
10.222
galaxy morphological type
S0
right ascension
102.74424048760080
declination
33.52518589320180
radial velocity
5127
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NGC 2291
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Article

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.

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