Astronomical data · SIMBAD
- Object type
- GiG
- Redshift
- z = 0.017058
- Coordinates
- RA 10.0733° · Dec 2.7563°
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Key facts
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Right ascension
- 00 40 17.6
- Declination
- +02 ° 45 ′ 23 ″
- Distance
- 229 Mly
- Type
- Sa
- Apparent size v
- 0.7' × 0.7'
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Encyclopedic overview
NGC 208 is a spiral galaxy located approximately 229 million light-years from the Solar System in the constellation Pisces. It was discovered on October 5, 1863, by Albert Marth.
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Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “NGC 208” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.