NGC 229
Sign in to savespiral galaxy in the constellation Andromeda
Astronomical data · SIMBAD
- Object type
- GiG
- Redshift
- z = 0.024474
- Coordinates
- RA 10.7694° · Dec 23.5091°
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Key facts
- Constellation
- Andromeda
- Right ascension
- 00 43 04.6
- Declination
- +23 ° 30 ′ 33 ″
- Type
- S0
- Apparent size v
- 0.8' × 0.3'
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- lenticular galaxy
- Constellation
- Andromeda
- Distance from Earth
- 99.14
- Image
- NGC 0229 SDSS.jpg
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- catalog code
- Gaia DR2 2803276878666871296
- redshift
- 0.024474
- discoverer or inventor
- Édouard Stephan
- time of discovery or invention
- 1879-10-10
- Commons category
- NGC 229
- right ascension
- 10.76945835925130
- declination
- 23.50910461208410
- radial velocity
- 7247
- apparent magnitude
- 12.902
- epoch
- J2000.0
- galaxy morphological type
- -2.0
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Encyclopedic overview
NGC 229 is a lenticular galaxy located in the constellation Andromeda. It was discovered on October 10, 1879, by Édouard Stephan.
References
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “NGC 229” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.