NGC 166
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spiral galaxy in the constellation Cetus
Key facts
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Right ascension
- 00 35 48.8
- Declination
- −13 ° 36 ′ 38 ″
- Type
- Sa
- Apparent size v
- 0.9' × 0.3'
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Wikidata facts
- Image
- NGC 166 DECam.png
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- catalog code
- LEDA 2143
- time of discovery or invention
- 1886-00-00
- apparent magnitude
- 11.166
- galaxy morphological type
- Sa
- redshift
- 0.020084
- right ascension
- 8.9532958
- declination
- -13.6106472
- radial velocity
- 6021
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- NGC 166
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NGC 166 (also known as PGC 2143) is a spiral galaxy located around 2.6 million light-years away in the constellation Cetus, with an apparent magnitude of 15.18. It was discovered by Francis Preserved Leavenworth in 1886.
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