NGC 273
Sign in to savelenticular galaxy in the constellation Cetus
Astronomical data · SIMBAD
- Object type
- EmG
- Redshift
- z = 0.015854
- Morphology
- SO
- Coordinates
- RA 12.7019° · Dec -6.8857°
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Key facts
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Right ascension
- 00 50 48.4
- Declination
- −06 ° 53 ′ 08 ″
- Type
- S0
- Apparent size v
- 2.2' × 0.7'
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Encyclopedic overview
NGC 273 is an edge-on lenticular galaxy in the constellation Cetus. It was discovered on September 10, 1785, by William Herschel.
References
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “NGC 273” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.