Astronomical data · SIMBAD
- Object type
- GiG
- Redshift
- z = 0.017008
- Coordinates
- RA 102.7971° · Dec 33.5271°
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Key facts
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Right ascension
- 06 51 11.3
- Declination
- 33 ° 31 ′ 38 ″
- Type
- E6
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- elliptical galaxy
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Distance from Earth
- 71.89
- Image
- NGC 2294.jpg
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- discoverer or inventor
- William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse
- catalog code
- LEDA 19729
- time of discovery or invention
- 1849-02-22
- redshift
- 0.016978
- apparent magnitude
- 10.269
- galaxy morphological type
- E6
- right ascension
- 102.7970875
- declination
- 33.5270722
- radial velocity
- 5056
- epoch
- J2000.0
- Commons category
- NGC 2294
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Encyclopedic overview
NGC 2294 is an elliptical galaxy within the constellation Gemini, discovered by George Johnstone Stoney on February 22, 1849. The visual magnitude is 14, and the apparent size is 0.8 by 0.4 arc minutes.
References
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “NGC 2294” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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