Object NGC 2271 is located exactly in the center of the picture.
|NGC 2271 - galaxy in the constellation Canis Majoris|
Type: E/SB0 - spiral galaxy with bar
The angular dimensions: 2.10'x1.4'
magnitude: V=12.1m; B=13.1m
The surface brightness: 13.2 mag/arcmin2
Coordinates for epoch J2000: Ra= 6h42m52.9s; Dec= -23°28'33"
redshift (z): 0.008659
The distance from the Sun to NGC 2271: based on the amount of redshift (z) - 36.6 Mpc;
Other names of the object NGC 2271 : PGC 19476, ESO 490-34, MCG -4-16-17
Nearby objects: NGC 2269
, NGC 2270
, NGC 2272
, NGC 2273A
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