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galaxy

Astronomical data · SIMBAD

Object type
GiG
Distance
5,435,933 light-years
Redshift
z = 0.017646
Morphology
Sb
Coordinates
RA 20.1196° · Dec 32.7091°
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Key facts

Constellation
Pisces
Right ascension
01 20 26.68
Declination
+32 ° 42 ′ 32.3 ″
Heliocentric radial velocity
5,243 km/s
Distance
220 Mly
Type
Sb
Apparent size v
0.8' × 0.6'

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Encyclopedic overview

NGC 472 is a spiral galaxy located roughly 220 million lightyears from earth in the constellation Pisces. It was discovered on August 29, 1862 by Heinrich Louis d'Arrest.

See also

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “NGC 472” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.