NGC 2303
| Galaxy NGC 2303 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Carter |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 06 h 56 m 17.5 s |
| declination | + 45 ° 29 ′ 34 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E. |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.9 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.9 likes |
| Angular expansion | 1.5 ′ × 1.5 ′ |
| Surface brightness | 13.9 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.019700 ± 0.000150 |
| Radial velocity | 5906 ± 45 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(265 ± 19) · 10 6 ly (81.3 ± 5.7) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Lewis Swift |
| Discovery date | November 24, 1886 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 2303 • UGC 3603 • PGC 19891 • CGCG 234-030 • MCG + 08-13-031 • 2MASX J06561754 + 4529342 • LDCE 0479 NED005 | |
NGC 2303 is an elliptical galaxy of Hubble type E in the constellation Auriga at the northern sky . It is estimated to be 265 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered by Lewis Swift on November 24, 1886 .