NGC 2297
Galaxy NGC 2297 |
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AladinLite | |
Constellation | painter |
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 |
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 .