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galaxy

Key facts

Constellation
Pisces
Right ascension
01 10 58.9
Declination
+33 ° 09 ′ 07 ″
Heliocentric radial velocity
5,294 km/s
Type
E
Apparent size v
2.4' × 1.3'

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Encyclopedic overview

NGC 410 is an elliptical galaxy located in the constellation Pisces. It was discovered on September 12, 1784 by William Herschel. It was described by Dreyer as "pretty bright, pretty large, northeastern of 2.", the other being NGC 407.

One supernova has been observed in NGC 410: SN 1995Y (Type I, mag. 18) was discovered by Jean Mueller on 28 August 1995.

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