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IC 2497

IC 2497 is a spiral galaxy close to the intergalactic cloud Hanny's Voorwerp. The galaxy is a former quasar, whose light lit up Hanny's Voorwerp, which is now a light echo of that extinct quasar. It is about 45,000–70,000 light-years (14,000–21,000 pc) away from Hanny's Voorwerp. The quasar shut down sometime in the last 70,000 years. This revises…

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Apparent size (V)
0.390' × 0.320'
Constellation
Leo Minor
Declination
+34° 43′ 58.57″
Distance
650 Mly (199.29 Mpc)
Redshift
0.051633
Right ascension
09h 41m 04.076s

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IC 2497

Nodes7
Edges6
Triples11
Avg. degree1.71
Density0.285714
Components1

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IC 2497

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related to External links · 4
IC 2497 → IC, Media, Wikimedia Commons, Wiktionary-logo-en-v2
Apparent size (V) · 1
IC 2497 → 0.390' × 0.320'
Constellation · 1
IC 2497 → Leo Minor
Declination · 1
IC 2497 → +34° 43′ 58.57″
Distance · 1
IC 2497 → 650 Mly (199.29 Mpc)
Redshift · 1
IC 2497 → 0.051633
Right ascension · 1
IC 2497 → 09h 41m 04.076s
is a · 1
IC 2497 → spiral galaxy close to the intergalactic cloud Hanny's Voorwerp

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hanny's voorwerp quasar ic 2497 galaxy 000 10 70 arxiv bibcode doi hst nasa esa 29 et al supernova 2010

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
IC 2497Apparent size (V)0.390' × 0.320'1.00infobox
IC 2497ConstellationLeo Minor1.00infobox
IC 2497Declination+34° 43′ 58.57″1.00infobox
IC 2497Distance650 Mly (199.29 Mpc)1.00infobox
IC 2497Redshift0.0516331.00infobox
IC 2497Right ascension09h 41m 04.076s1.00infobox
IC 2497is aspiral galaxy close to the intergalactic cloud Hanny's Voorwerp0.90text
IC 2497related to External linksWiktionary-logo-en-v20.60section
IC 2497related to External linksMedia0.60section
IC 2497related to External linksIC0.60section
IC 2497related to External linksWikimedia Commons0.60section

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