Q1048025

galaxy

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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Wikidata facts

Instance of: intermediate spiral galaxy
Constellation: Pictor
Distance from Earth: 47.22
Image: NGC 2297 imaged by Legacy Surveys.jpg

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right ascension: 101.1025000
catalog code: LEDA 19524
discoverer or inventor: John Frederick William Herschel
time of discovery or invention: 1835-01-31
apparent magnitude: 9.973
galaxy morphological type: Sc:
declination: -63.7172750
radial velocity: 3242
redshift: 0.010814
epoch: J2000.0
Commons category: NGC 2297

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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

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