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NGC 138
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spiral galaxy in the constellation Pisces
Astronomical data · SIMBAD
- Object type
- G
- Redshift
- z = 0.039721
- Morphology
- Sa
- Coordinates
- RA 7.7468° · Dec 5.1597°
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Key facts
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Right ascension
- 00 30 59.2
- Declination
- ±05 ° 09 ′ 35 ″
- Heliocentric radial velocity
- 11894 ± 31
- Galactocentric velocity
- 12001 ± 31
- Apparent magnitude b
- 14,8
- Type
- Sa
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Encyclopedic overview
NGC 138 is a spiral galaxy in the constellation Pisces. It was discovered on August 29, 1864, by Albert Marth.
One supernova has been observed in NGC 138: SN 2023lfo (type Ia, mag. 17.2).
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “NGC 138” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.