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NGC 182
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spiral galaxy in the constellation Pisces
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Within Vinony's link graph, NGC 182 is referenced by 891 other articles, and connects out to list of NGC objects (1–1000), epoch and NGC 180.
It sits within the topics Discoveries by William Herschel, Intermediate spiral galaxies and NGC objects.
Its subject is documented across 37 Wikipedia language editions.
Astronomical data · SIMBAD
- Object type
- GiG
- Redshift
- z = 0.017712317247355447
- Morphology
- Sa
- Coordinates
- RA 9.5516° · Dec 2.7285°
via SIMBAD · CDS Strasbourg
Key facts
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Right ascension
- 00 38 12.4
- Declination
- +02 ° 43 ′ 43 ″
- Distance
- 286.69 ± 33.03 Mly (87.900 ± 10.128 Mpc )
- Type
- (R')SAB(rs)a
- Apparent size v
- 2.0' × 1.7'
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
Show 11 more facts
- discoverer or inventor
- William Herschel
- catalog code
- Gaia DR2 2550609488856801408
- galaxy morphological type
- Sa
- time of discovery or invention
- 1790-12-25
- redshift
- 0.017455
- apparent magnitude
- 11.812
- Commons category
- NGC 182
- right ascension
- 9.55157830037380
- declination
- 2.72850962952370
- radial velocity
- 5187
- epoch
- J2000.0
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Encyclopedic overview
NGC 182 is a spiral galaxy with a ring structure, located in the constellation Pisces. Astronomer William Herschel discovered it on December 25, 1790.
A Type IIb supernova, designated SN 2004ex, was discovered in this galaxy in 2004.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “NGC 182” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.