NGC 2290

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Galaxy
NGC 2290
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Constellation Twins
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 06 h 50 m 56.9 s
declination + 33 ° 26 ′ 15 ″
Appearance
Morphological type (R) SAa  
Brightness  (visual) 13.3 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 14.2 mag
Angular expansion 1.2 ′ × 0.7 ′
Position angle 50 °
Surface brightness 13.0 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Affiliation LGG 139  
Redshift 0.016822 ± 0.000030  
Radial velocity (5043 ± 9) km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(225 ± 16)  x  10 6  ly
(68.9 ± 4.8)  Mpc 
history
discovery Wilhelm Herschel
Discovery date February 4, 1793
Catalog names
NGC  2290 • UGC  3562 • PGC  19718 • CGCG  175-019 • MCG  + 06-15-012 • 2MASX  J06505690 + 3326154 • GC  5369 • H  III 897 • LDCE 0468 NED008

NGC 2290 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sa in the constellation Gemini on the ecliptic . It is an estimated 225 million light years from the Milky Way .

The object was discovered by Wilhelm Herschel on February 4, 1793 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d e NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e SEDS : NGC 2290
  3. ^ VizieR
  4. Seligman