NGC 2292
| Galaxy NGC 2292 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Big dog |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 06 h 47 m 39.6 s |
| declination | -26 ° 44 ′ 46 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SAB0 ^ 0 ^ pec |
| Brightness (visual) | 10.8 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 11.8 mag |
| Angular expansion | 4 ′ × 3.5 ′ |
| Position angle | 124 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.5 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation |
NGC 2280 group LGG 138 |
| Redshift | 0.006791 ± 0.000013 |
| Radial velocity | (2036 ± 4) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(82 ± 6) · 10 6 ly (25.2 ± 1.8) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | January 20, 1835 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 2292 • PGC 19617 • ESO 490-G048 • MCG -04-16-22 • 2MASX i J0647396-264446 • SGC 064539-2641.4 • VV 178b • GC 1459 • h 3063 • AM 0645-264 | |
NGC 2292 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type SB0 and is located in the constellation Great Dog in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 82 million light-years from the Milky Way and about 105,000 light-years across. Together with NGC 2293 and NGC 2295 , it forms a gravitationally bound galaxy triplet.
The object was discovered by John Herschel on January 20, 1835 .