NGC 228
Sign in to savebarred spiral galaxy in the constellation Andromeda
Astronomical data · SIMBAD
- Object type
- GiG
- Redshift
- z = 0.024944733893756288
- Morphology
- SBab
- Coordinates
- RA 10.7271° · Dec 23.5031°
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Key facts
- Constellation
- Andromeda
- Right ascension
- 00 42 54.5
- Declination
- +23 ° 30 ′ 11 ″
- Type
- SBa
- Apparent size v
- 1.2' × 1.1'
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- spiral galaxy
- Constellation
- Andromeda
- Distance from Earth
- 98.61
- Image
- NGC 0228 SDSS.jpg
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- catalog code
- Gaia DR2 2803323680926141056
- discoverer or inventor
- Édouard Stephan
- time of discovery or invention
- 1879-10-10
- Commons category
- NGC 228
- redshift
- 0.024494
- right ascension
- 10.72705125174650
- declination
- 23.50308853758530
- apparent magnitude
- 16.32
- radial velocity
- 7253
- epoch
- J2000.0
- galaxy morphological type
- SBa
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Encyclopedic overview
NGC 228 is a spiral galaxy located in the constellation Andromeda. It was discovered on October 10, 1879 by Édouard Stephan.
References
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “NGC 228” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.