NGC 2295
| Galaxy NGC 2295 |
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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 23.4 s |
| declination | -26 ° 44 ′ 10 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sab: sp |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.8 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.6 mag |
| Angular expansion | 2.1 ′ × 0.6 ′ |
| Position angle | 46 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.9 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.005444 ± 0.000183 |
| Radial velocity | (1632 ± 55) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(64 ± 5) · 10 6 ly (19.7 ± 1.6) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | February 2, 1835 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 2295 • PGC 19607 • ESO 490-047 • MCG -04-16-021 • 2MASX J06472341-2644103 • LDCE 0483 NED012 | |
NGC 2295 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sab in the constellation Canis Major in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 64 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered by John Herschel on February 2, 1835 .