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NGC 150
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spiral galaxy in the constellation Sculptor
Key facts
- Constellation
- Sculptor
- Right ascension
- 00 34 17.0652
- Declination
- −27 ° 48 ′ 21.961 ″
- Heliocentric radial velocity
- 1587 ± 1 km/s
- Distance
- 62.92 ± 2.34 Mly (19.291 ± 0.717 Mpc )
- Type
- SB(rs)b?
- Size
- 94,300 ly (28.90 kpc )
- Apparent size v
- 3.9′ × 1.9′
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
NGC 150 (also known as PGC 2052) is a barred spiral galaxy in the constellation Sculptor. It is about 63 million light years away from the Solar System, and it has a diameter of about 94,000 light years. It was discovered by Lewis A. Swift on 20 November 1886.
Supernovae
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “NGC 150” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.