NGC 2297
| Galaxy NGC 2297 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | painter |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 06 h 44 m 24.6 s |
| declination | -26 ° 44 ′ 10 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | (R'_1) SAB (rs) b |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.6 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.4 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.9 ′ × 1.5 ′ |
| Position angle | 101 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.6 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.011325 ± 0.000110 |
| Radial velocity | (3395 ± 33) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(142 ± 10) · 10 6 ly (43.6 ± 3.1) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | January 31, 1835 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 2297 • PGC 19524 • ESO 087-040 • 2MASX J06442460-6343021 • LDCE 0466 NED002 | |
NGC 2297 is a barred spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBbc in the constellation Painter in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 142 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered by John Herschel on January 31, 1835 .