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galaxy

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Constellation
Cetus
Right ascension
00 58 46.5307
Declination
−20 ° 50 ′ 24.134 ″
Redshift
0.018 379 ± 0.000 100
Heliocentric radial velocity
5,510 ± 30 km/s
Distance
251.0 ± 17.7 Mly (76.97 ± 5.43 Mpc )
Type
SB0/a
Size
~111,200 ly (34.08 kpc ) (estimated)
Apparent size v
0.9′ × 0.5′

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NGC 320 DECam.png
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catalog code
Gaia DR2 2355556229167894400
galaxy morphological type
Sa
time of discovery or invention
1886-00-00
redshift
0.018379
apparent magnitude
10.916
right ascension
14.69385907962500
declination
-20.84004895348730
radial velocity
5459
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NGC 320

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NGC 320 is a spiral galaxy in the constellation Cetus. Its velocity with respect to the cosmic microwave background is 5,218±36 km/s, which corresponds to a Hubble distance of 251.0 ± 17.7 Mly (76.97 ± 5.43 Mpc). It was discovered by American astronomer Francis Leavenworth in 1886.

NGC 7154 is a Seyfert I galaxy, i.e. it has a quasar-like nucleus with very high surface brightnesses whose spectra reveal strong, high-ionisation emission lines, but unlike quasars, the host galaxy is clearly detectable.

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