NGC 163
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elliptical galaxy in the constellation Cetus
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Within Vinony's link graph, NGC 163 is referenced by 952 other articles, and connects out to list of NGC objects (1–1000), epoch and NGC 241.
It is catalogued under topics including Astronomical object articles with topics of unclear notability, Cetus and Elliptical galaxies.
Its subject is documented across 36 Wikipedia language editions.
Astronomical data · SIMBAD
- Object type
- EmG
- Redshift
- z = 0.01974
- Morphology
- SA
- Coordinates
- RA 8.9993° · Dec -10.1217°
via SIMBAD · CDS Strasbourg
Key facts
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Right ascension
- 00 35 59.840
- Declination
- −10 ° 07 ′ 18.32 ″
- Distance
- 228.64 ± 53.13 Mly (70.100 ± 16.291 Mpc )
- Type
- E0
- Size
- 103,000 ly (31,570 pc )
- Apparent size v
- 1.19 ′ × 1.11 ′
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- elliptical galaxy
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Distance from Earth
- 80.51
- Image
- NGC 0163 SDSS.jpg
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- discoverer or inventor
- William Herschel
- redshift
- 0.019950
- catalog code
- Gaia DR2 2425662048335763072
- time of discovery or invention
- 1798-12-10
- apparent magnitude
- 12.066
- galaxy morphological type
- -3
- Commons category
- NGC 163
- right ascension
- 8.99940854540820
- declination
- -10.12168646511780
- radial velocity
- 5921
- epoch
- J2000.0
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Encyclopedic overview
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NGC 163 is an elliptical galaxy in the constellation Cetus. It was discovered by William Herschel in 1890. Seen through an optical telescope it ranges up to 13th magnitude.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “NGC 163” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.