NGC 2307
| Galaxy NGC 2307 |
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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 50.8 s |
| declination | -64 ° 20 ′ 08 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB (rs) off |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.3 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.1 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.7 ′ × 1.6 ′ |
| Position angle | 145 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.2 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.015204 ± 0.000133 |
| Radial velocity | (4558 ± 40) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(194 ± 14) · 10 6 ly (59.5 ± 4.2) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | November 30, 1834 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 2307 • PGC 19648 • ESO 087-045 • IRAS 06485-6416 • 2MASX J06485080-6420080 • LDCE 0466 NED004 | |
NGC 2307 is a bar-spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBb in the constellation Flying Fish in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 194 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered by John Herschel on November 30, 1834 .