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EntityQ870224· pop 36· linked from 952 articles

Also known as New General Catalogue 155

lenticular galaxy in the constellation Cetus

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Within Vinony's link graph, NGC 155 is referenced by 952 other articles, and connects out to list of NGC objects (1–1000), epoch and NGC 151.

Vinony files it under Astronomical objects discovered in 1886, Cetus and Discoveries by Lewis Swift.

Its subject is documented across 35 Wikipedia language editions.

Astronomical data · SIMBAD

Object type
GiG
Redshift
z = 0.02065
Morphology
E1
Coordinates
RA 8.6670° · Dec -10.7665°
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Key facts

Constellation
Cetus
Right ascension
00 34 40.113
Declination
−10 ° 45 ′ 59.35 ″
Distance
248.37 ± 41.74 Mly (76.150 ± 12.799 Mpc )
Type
S0 pec
Size
125,600 ly (38,510 pc )
Apparent size v
1.38 ′ × 1.06 ′

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Wikidata facts

Constellation
Cetus
Distance from Earth
83.28
Image
NGC155 - SDSS DR14.jpg
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galaxy morphological type
S0
Commons category
NGC 155
right ascension
8.6670200
declination
-10.7665430
redshift
0.02065
discoverer or inventor
Lewis A. Swift
catalog code
Gaia DR2 2425421293941323264
time of discovery or invention
1886-09-01
apparent magnitude
15.122
radial velocity
6127
epoch
J2000.0

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Encyclopedic overview

NGC 155 is a lenticular galaxy in the Cetus constellation. It was discovered on September 1, 1886, by Lewis A. Swift.

References

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “NGC 155” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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