Astronomical data · SIMBAD
- Object type
- GiG
- Redshift
- z = 0.020257
- Morphology
- E
- Coordinates
- RA 17.1540° · Dec 39.6442°
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Key facts
- Constellation
- Andromeda
- Right ascension
- 01 08 36.9
- Declination
- +39 ° 38 ′ 40 ″
- Heliocentric radial velocity
- 6,102 km/s
- Type
- S0 :
- Apparent size v
- 1.7' × 1.4'
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Encyclopedic overview
NGC 393 is a lenticular galaxy located in the constellation Andromeda. It was discovered on October 5, 1784, by William Herschel. It was described by Dreyer as "faint, very small, very little extended, gradually brighter middle, four small (faint) stars near."
References
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “NGC 393” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.