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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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
- Commons category
- NGC 2291
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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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