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galaxy

Key facts

Constellation
Cetus
Right ascension
00 51 04.2
Declination
−07 ° 04 ′ 00 ″
Distance
63 Mly
Type
SBcd
Apparent size v
1.5' × 1.1'
Notable features
Interacting with NGC 274

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NGC275 - SDSS DR14.jpg
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Commons category
NGC 275
catalog code
LEDA 2984
time of discovery or invention
1828-10-09
galaxy morphological type
SBcd
apparent magnitude
12.27
redshift
0.00584
right ascension
12.77000
declination
-7.06639
radial velocity
1734

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NGC 275 is a barred spiral galaxy located approximately 63 million light-years from the Solar System in the constellation Cetus. It is one of a pair of galaxies, the other being NGC 274. It was discovered on October 9, 1828, by John Herschel.

The galaxy was described as "very faint, small, round, southeastern of 2" by John Dreyer in the New General Catalogue, with the other of the two galaxies being NGC 274.

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