# Hanny's Voorwerp

> astronomical object appearing as a bright blob close to spiral galaxy IC 2497 in Leo Minor, discovered by Hanny van Arkel

**Wikidata**: [Q604603](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q604603)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanny's_Voorwerp)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/hanny-s-voorwerp


## References

1. SIMBAD
2. Freebase Data Dumps. 2013
3. The SDSS Photometric Catalog, Release 6