NGC 179
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elliptical galaxy in the constellation Cetus
Astronomical data · SIMBAD
- Object type
- Sy2
- Distance
- 3,805 light-years
- Redshift
- z = 0.020041
- Coordinates
- RA 9.4428° · Dec -17.8495°
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Key facts
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Right ascension
- 00 37 46.3
- Declination
- −17 ° 50 ′ 58 ″
- Type
- SAB0
- Apparent size v
- 0.9' × 0.8'
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Wikidata facts
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- discoverer or inventor
- Francis Preserved Leavenworth
- catalog code
- Gaia DR2 2370090772159765504
- galaxy morphological type
- E
- time of discovery or invention
- 1886-00-00
- redshift
- 0.020041
- right ascension
- 9.44276368553410
- declination
- -17.84952276838990
- radial velocity
- 5948
- apparent magnitude
- 10.170
- epoch
- J2000.0
- Commons category
- NGC 179
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Encyclopedic overview
NGC 179 is a lenticular galaxy located 3.3 million light-years away in the constellation Cetus. It was discovered in 1886 by Francis Preserved Leavenworth.
See also
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “NGC 179” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.