Galaxy · constellation CMa
NGC 2296
NGC 2296IC 452MCG -03-18-003PGC 19643
Catalogue data
- Right ascension
- 6h 48m 39.1s
- Declination
- -16° 54' 06"
- Size
- 1.2′ × 57.6″
- Position angle
- 20°
- Magnitude
- 13.0 (B)
- Surface brightness
- 22.77 mag/arcsec²
- Hubble type
- E
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Suggested techniques
- LRGB, RGB, OSC
- Data source
- OpenNGC
Claimed to be a galactic object by Takata et al. (1994, A&AS, 104, 529).
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