NGC 279
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spiral galaxy in the constellation Cetus
Astronomical data · SIMBAD
- Object type
- Q?
- Distance
- 1,670 light-years
- Redshift
- z = 0.012925608688928393
- Morphology
- SO-a
- Coordinates
- RA 13.0373° · Dec -2.2184°
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Key facts
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Right ascension
- 00 52 08.9
- Declination
- −02 ° 13 ′ 06 ″
- Heliocentric radial velocity
- 3,878 km/s
- Type
- S0
- Apparent size v
- 1.6' × 1.2'
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- lenticular galaxy
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Distance from Earth
- 51.93
- Image
- NGC 0279 SDSS.jpg
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- catalog code
- LEDA 3055
- galaxy morphological type
- S0
- discoverer or inventor
- William Herschel
- time of discovery or invention
- 1785-10-01
- apparent magnitude
- 9.576
- Commons category
- NGC 279
- redshift
- 0.012936
- right ascension
- 13.03730341321790
- declination
- -2.21842886974630
- radial velocity
- 4025
- epoch
- J2000.0
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Encyclopedic overview
NGC 279 is a lenticular galaxy in the constellation Cetus. It was discovered on October 1, 1785 by William Herschel.
References
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “NGC 279” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.