Q1048025

galaxy

Key facts

Constellation: Pictor
Right ascension: 06 44 24.5585
Declination: −63 ° 43 ′ 02.443 ″
Redshift: 0.011 325 ± 0.000 110
Heliocentric radial velocity: 3,395 ± 33 km/s
Distance: 168.4 ± 12.0 Mly (51.62 ± 3.68 Mpc )
Group or cluster: [CHM2007] HDC 415
Type: SAB(rs)bc
Size: ~104,300 ly (31.97 kpc ) (estimated)
Apparent size v: 1.4′ × 1.3′

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Image: NGC 2297 imaged by Legacy Surveys.jpg

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NGC 2297 is an intermediate spiral galaxy in the constellation of Pictor. Its velocity with respect to the cosmic microwave background is 3,500±34 km/s, which corresponds to a Hubble distance of 168.4 ± 12.0 Mly (51.62 ± 3.68 Mpc). It was discovered by British astronomer John Herschel on 31 January 1835.

HDC 415 group