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EntityQ1036003· pop 37· linked from 891 articles

galaxy

Astronomical data · SIMBAD

Object type
G
Redshift
z = 0.022125
Morphology
E
Coordinates
RA 13.1756° · Dec 30.6390°
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Key facts

Constellation
Pisces
Right ascension
00 52 42.1
Declination
+30 ° 38 ′ 21 ″
Heliocentric radial velocity
6,673 km/s
Type
E
Apparent size v
0.4' × 0.3'

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Encyclopedic overview

NGC 282 is an elliptical galaxy in the constellation Pisces. It was discovered on October 13, 1879 by Édouard Stephan.

NGC 282 (SDSS)

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Q1036003” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.