NGC 216
Sign in to savelenticular galaxy in the constellation Cetus
Key facts
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Right ascension
- 00 41 27.1
- Declination
- −21 ° 02 ′ 44 ″
- Distance
- 68.8 Mly
- Apparent magnitude v
- 12.9r
- Type
- S0
- Apparent size v
- 2.0' × 0.7'
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Encyclopedic overview
NGC 216 is a lenticular galaxy located approximately 68.8 million light-years from the Sun in the constellation Cetus. It was discovered on December 9, 1784, by William Herschel. It has the appearance of a dusty disk galaxy being viewed from edge-on with a peculiar, one-sided bar.
See also
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “NGC 216” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.