ESO 306-17

ESO 306-17
ESO 306-17
	Image of ESO 306-17 by the Hubble Space Telescope; Release date: 4 March 2010
Observation data (J2000.0 epoch)
Constellation	Columba
Right ascension	05h 40m 06.73s
Declination	−40° 50′ 10.6″
Redshift	0.035805±0.000083
Heliocentric radial velocity	10,734±25 km/s
Galactocentric velocity	10,544±26 km/s
Distance	517.3 ± 36.20 Mly (158.6 ± 11.1 Mpc)h−1; 0.6774; (Comoving) ; 506 Mly (155.1 Mpc)h−1; 0.6774; (Light-travel)
Apparent magnitude (B)	13.36
Characteristics
Type	E+3
Size	1,070,000 ly × 706,100 ly; (328.04 kpc × 216.50 kpc); (diameter; 90% total B-band light); 399,300 ly × 287,500 ly; (122.42 kpc × 88.15 kpc); (diameter; "total" magnitude)
Apparent size (V)	2.5′ × 1.5′ (V-band)
Other designations
	MCG -07-12-009, PGC 17570

ESO 306-17 is a fossil group giant elliptical galaxy in the Columba constellation, about 1.07 million light-years in diameter,^[2]^[4] and roughly 517 million light-years away.^[2]

The galaxy is situated alone in a volume of space about it. It is theorized that the galaxy cannibalized its nearest companions, hence, being a fossil group.^[5] The galaxy is a giant elliptical of type cD3^[2] (E+3), one of the largest types of galaxies.

Notes

^ ^a ^b The quoted diameter in this infobox was based on NED's provided scale "Virgo + GA + Shapley" of 769 pc/arcsec multiplied with given angular diameters.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Search specification: ESO 306-17". HyperLeda. Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1. Retrieved 2021-02-13.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k "Results for object NGC ESO 306-17 (ESO 306-17)". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. California Institute of Technology. Retrieved 2021-02-13.
^ "ESO 306-17". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2021-02-13.
^ Boyle, Alan (2010-03-04). "A giant among galaxies?". NBC News. Retrieved 2024-09-08.
^ Baldwin, Emily (4 March 2010). "Bully galaxy rules the neighbourhood". Astronomy Now. Archived from the original on 2010-03-07.

External links

Jennifer, Ouellette (March 3, 2010). "Bully for ESO 306-17". Discovery News. Archived from the original on 2010-03-07.
"ACS image of ESO 306-17". ESA/Hubble. Retrieved 2024-09-08.

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[Size_correction-3] The quoted diameter in this infobox was based on NED's provided scale "Virgo + GA + Shapley" of 769 pc/arcsec multiplied with given angular diameters.

[LEDA-1] "Search specification: ESO 306-17". HyperLeda. Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1. Retrieved 2021-02-13.

[NED-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k "Results for object NGC ESO 306-17 (ESO 306-17)". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. California Institute of Technology. Retrieved 2021-02-13.

[SIMBAD-4] "ESO 306-17". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2021-02-13.

[5] Boyle, Alan (2010-03-04). "A giant among galaxies?". NBC News. Retrieved 2024-09-08.

[6] Baldwin, Emily (4 March 2010). "Bully galaxy rules the neighbourhood". Astronomy Now. Archived from the original on 2010-03-07.

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