NGC 2997
id:
ngc-2997-283-15659022
title:
NGC 2997
text:
NGC 2997 is a face-on unbarred spiral galaxy about 40 million light-years away in the faint southern constellation of Antlia. It was discovered March 4, 1793 by German-born astronomer William Herschel. J. L. E. Dreyer described it as, "a remarkable object, very faint, very large, very gradually then very suddenly bright middle and 4 arcsec nucleus. This is the brightest galaxy of the NGC 2997 group of galaxies, and was featured on the cover of the first edition of Galactic Dynamics by James Binn
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wiki
category slug:
encyclopedia
description:
Galaxy in the constellation Antlia
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NGC_2997
date created:
date modified:
2024-01-04T16:03:28Z
main entity:
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image:
{"content_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/N2997s.jpg","width":1082,"height":900}
fields total:
13
integrity:
15