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Astronomical data · SIMBAD
- Object type
- AG?
- Redshift
- z = 0.01319951063345881
- Coordinates
- RA 9.7649° · Dec -18.6083°
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Key facts
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Right ascension
- 00 39 03.6
- Declination
- −18 ° 36 ′ 30 ″
- Distance
- 175 Mly
- Type
- SA0 pec:
- Apparent size v
- 1.4' × 1.1'
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Encyclopedic overview
NGC 209 is a lenticular galaxy located approximately 175 million light-years from the Solar System in the constellation Cetus. It was discovered on October 9, 1885, by Francis Leavenworth.
See also
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “NGC 209” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.