Astronomical data · SIMBAD
- Object type
- GiG
- Redshift
- z = 0.015414
- Morphology
- SO-a
- Coordinates
- RA 9.6054° · Dec 3.1664°
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Key facts
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Right ascension
- 00 38 25.3
- Declination
- +03 ° 09 ′ 59 ″
- Type
- SB0 pec:
- Apparent size v
- 1.4' × 0.8'
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Encyclopedic overview
NGC 186 is a barred lenticular galaxy located 3.4 million light-years away in the constellation Pisces. It was discovered by Bindon Blood Stoney in 1852.
References
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “NGC 186” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.