NGC 215
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Within Vinony's link graph, NGC 215 is referenced by 827 other articles, and connects out to list of NGC objects (1–1000), epoch and NGC 203.
It is catalogued under topics including Astronomical objects discovered in 1834, Discoveries by John Herschel and ESO objects.
Its subject is documented across 33 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Constellation
- Phoenix
- Right ascension
- 00 40 48.9
- Declination
- −56 ° 12 ′ 51 ″
- Type
- S0
- Apparent size v
- 1.1' × 0.9'
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- lenticular galaxy
- Constellation
- Phoenix
- Distance from Earth
- 89.17
- Image
- NGC 0215 DSS.jpg
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- catalog code
- APMBGC 150-042+076
- discoverer or inventor
- John Frederick William Herschel
- time of discovery or invention
- 1834-10-28
- redshift
- 0.027449
- right ascension
- 10.2035458
- declination
- -56.2140083
- apparent magnitude
- 9.835
- radial velocity
- 8229
- epoch
- J2000.0
- galaxy morphological type
- E/S0
- Commons category
- NGC 215
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Encyclopedic overview
NGC 215 is a lenticular galaxy located in the constellation Phoenix. It was discovered on October 28, 1834, by John Herschel.
References
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “NGC 215” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
Connections
list of NGC objects (1–1000)
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NGC 241
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NGC 945
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Phoenix
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apparent magnitude
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Triangulum Galaxy
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declination
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right ascension
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New General Catalogue
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Small Magellanic Cloud
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European Southern Observatory
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