Astronomical data · SIMBAD
- Object type
- Sy2
- Distance
- 20,449 light-years
- Redshift
- z = 0.003145787485431706
- Morphology
- BCD
- Coordinates
- RA 11.4434° · Dec -15.5968°
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Key facts
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Right ascension
- 00 45 46.4424
- Declination
- −15 ° 35 ′ 48.703 ″
- Type
- S0
- Apparent size v
- 1.2' × 1.0'
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Distance from Earth
- 13.6
- Image
- NGC 244 DECam.png
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- catalog code
- LEDA 2675
- galaxy morphological type
- BCD
- time of discovery or invention
- 1785-12-30
- redshift
- 0.003149
- apparent magnitude
- 11.043
- right ascension
- 11.44340911508560
- declination
- -15.59677383992850
- radial velocity
- 941
- right ascension component of proper motion
- -1.929
- declination component of proper motion
- -0.457
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- NGC 244
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Article
NGC 244 is a lenticular galaxy located in the constellation Cetus. It was discovered on December 30, 1785 by William Herschel.
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