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Astronomical data · SIMBAD
- Object type
- GiG
- Redshift
- z = 0.016724644443589343
- Morphology
- SO-a
- Coordinates
- RA 12.0063° · Dec 27.6239°
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Key facts
- Constellation
- Andromeda
- Right ascension
- 00 48 01.484
- Declination
- +27 ° 37 ′ 25.76 ″
- Distance
- 245.54 ± 31.56 Mly (75.283 ± 9.677 Mpc )
- Type
- (R)SA0 (r)
- Size
- 121.4 kly (37.23 kpc )
- Apparent size v
- 1.7 ′ × 1.309 ′
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Wikidata facts
- Distance from Earth
- 67.30
- Image
- NGC252 - SDSS DR14.jpg
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- time of discovery or invention
- 1786-10-26
- catalog code
- LEDA 2819
- galaxy morphological type
- S0
- Commons category
- NGC 252
- apparent magnitude
- 11.251
- redshift
- 0.016755
- right ascension
- 12.0061833
- declination
- 27.6238222
- radial velocity
- 5268
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Article
NGC 252 is a lenticular galaxy located in the constellation Andromeda. It was discovered by William Herschel in 1786.
One supernova has been observed in NGC 252: SN 1998de (type Ia, mag. 18.4) was discovered by the Lick Observatory Supernova Search (LOSS) on 23 July 1998.
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