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EntityQ1035955· pop 33· linked from 952 articles

galaxy

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'

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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.