Astronomical data · SIMBAD
- Object type
- GiG
- Redshift
- z = 0.010873258383601758
- Coordinates
- RA 101.1025° · Dec -63.7173°
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Key facts
- Constellation
- Pictor
- Right ascension
- 06 44 24.5585
- Declination
- −63 ° 43 ′ 02.443 ″
- Redshift
- 0.011 325 ± 0.000 110
- Heliocentric radial velocity
- 3,395 ± 33 km/s
- Distance
- 168.4 ± 12.0 Mly (51.62 ± 3.68 Mpc )
- Group or cluster
- [CHM2007] HDC 415
- Type
- SAB(rs)bc
- Size
- ~104,300 ly (31.97 kpc ) (estimated)
- Apparent size v
- 1.4′ × 1.3′
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Encyclopedic overview
NGC 2297 is an intermediate spiral galaxy in the constellation of Pictor. Its velocity with respect to the cosmic microwave background is 3,500±34 km/s, which corresponds to a Hubble distance of 168.4 ± 12.0 Mly (51.62 ± 3.68 Mpc). It was discovered by British astronomer John Herschel on 31 January 1835.
HDC 415 group
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Q1048025” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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