NGC 297
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Astronomical data · SIMBAD
- Object type
- G
- Redshift
- z = 0.05077846221201469
- Coordinates
- RA 13.7456° · Dec -7.3496°
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Key facts
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Right ascension
- 00 54 58.9
- Declination
- −07 ° 20 ′ 59 ″
- Heliocentric radial velocity
- 15223 km/s
- Distance
- 717 Mly (219.7 Mpc )
- Type
- cE3: pec?
- Apparent size v
- 0.33' × 0.29'
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- elliptical galaxy
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Distance from Earth
- 236.84
- Image
- Hubble explores explosive aftermath in NGC 298 (potw2322a).jpg
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- catalog code
- Gaia DR2 2522758034691840512
- discoverer or inventor
- Albert Marth
- time of discovery or invention
- 1864-09-27
- apparent magnitude
- 12.089
- galaxy morphological type
- E
- redshift
- 0.050778
- right ascension
- 13.74559780950750
- declination
- -7.34961017411520
- radial velocity
- 15210
- epoch
- J2000.0
- Commons category
- NGC 297
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Encyclopedic overview
NGC 297 is an elliptical galaxy in the constellation Cetus. It was discovered on September 27, 1864, by Albert Marth and is classified as type E3, based on galaxy morphological classification.
To date, according to redshift measurements, a current distance of 236 Mpc (~770 Mly) is given for NGC 297. This value falls within the range of Hubble distance values.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “NGC 297” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.