Astronomical data · SIMBAD
- Object type
- EmG
- Redshift
- z = 0.01312
- Morphology
- Sa
- Coordinates
- RA 10.3912° · Dec -10.0214°
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Key facts
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Right ascension
- 00 41 33.9
- Declination
- −10 ° 01 ′ 17 ″
- Distance
- 178 Mly
- Apparent magnitude v
- 13.0g
- Type
- S0/a
- Apparent size v
- 2.05' × 0.68'
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- spiral galaxy
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Distance from Earth
- 57.02
- Image
- NGC 0217 SDSS.jpg
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- catalog code
- Gaia DR2 2425909816407356288
- discoverer or inventor
- William Herschel
- time of discovery or invention
- 1785-11-28
- Commons category
- NGC 217
- redshift
- 0.013166
- right ascension
- 10.39121691987890
- declination
- -10.02141044569580
- radial velocity
- 4108
- apparent magnitude
- 11.207
- epoch
- J2000.0
- galaxy morphological type
- S0a
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Encyclopedic overview
NGC 217 is a spiral or lenticular galaxy located approximately 178 light-years from the Solar System in the constellation Cetus. It was discovered on November 28, 1785 by William Herschel.
NGC 217 (SDSS)
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “NGC 217” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.