NGC 2305
| Galaxy NGC 2305 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Flying fish |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 06 h 48 m 37.3 s |
| declination | -64 ° 16 ′ 24 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E2: pec |
| Brightness (visual) | 11.8 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 12.8 mag |
| Angular expansion | 2.1 ′ × 1.5 ′ |
| Position angle | 142 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.1 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.011671 ± 0.000067 |
| Radial velocity | (3499 ± 20) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(147 ± 10) · 10 6 ly (45.0 ± 3.2) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | November 30, 1834 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 2305 • PGC 19641 • ESO 087-044 • 2MASX J06483729-6416240 • LDCE 0466 NED003 | |
NGC 2305 is an elliptical galaxy of the Hubble type E2 / P in the constellation Flying Fish in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 147 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered by John Herschel on November 30, 1834 .