Astronomical data · SIMBAD
- Object type
- Sy1
- Redshift
- z = 0.013781085085213585
- Morphology
- SBab
- Coordinates
- RA 12.6744° · Dec -1.9103°
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Key facts
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Right ascension
- 00 50 41.8
- Declination
- −01 ° 54 ′ 37 ″
- Type
- SBab
- Apparent size v
- 2.1' × 1.7'
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- spiral galaxy
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Distance from Earth
- 55.29
- Image
- NGC271 - SDSS DR14.jpg
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- discoverer or inventor
- William Herschel
- time of discovery or invention
- 1785-10-01
- catalog code
- Gaia DR2 2529789475975667840
- Commons category
- NGC 271
- apparent magnitude
- 8.764
- galaxy morphological type
- SBb
- redshift
- 0.013669
- right ascension
- 12.67442450063320
- declination
- -1.91029382458460
- radial velocity
- 4236
- epoch
- J2000.0
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Encyclopedic overview
NGC 271 is a barred spiral galaxy in the constellation Cetus. It was discovered on October 1, 1785 by William Herschel.
References
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Q1035955” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.