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Q1255347
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interacting galaxies in the constellation Cetus
Astronomical data · SIMBAD
- Object type
- G
- Redshift
- z = 0.05567149637793234
- Morphology
- E-SO
- Coordinates
- RA 14.7137° · Dec -16.4692°
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Key facts
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Right ascension
- 00 58 51.2
- Declination
- −16 ° 28 ′ 13 ″
- Heliocentric radial velocity
- 16226 km/s
- Distance
- 638.9 Mly (195.88 Mpc )
- Type
- S0
- Apparent size v
- 1.6' × 1.0'
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- lenticular galaxy
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Distance from Earth
- 197.70
- Image
- NGC 333 DECam.jpg
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- discoverer or inventor
- Wilhelm Tempel
- catalog code
- LEDA 3519
- time of discovery or invention
- 1877-00-00
- redshift
- 0.055671
- apparent magnitude
- 10.277
- galaxy morphological type
- -2
- right ascension
- 14.7138083
- declination
- -16.4692472
- radial velocity
- 16226
- epoch
- J2000.0
- Commons category
- NGC 333
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Encyclopedic overview
NGC 333 is a lenticular galaxy located approximately 755 million light years away in the constellation Cetus. It was discovered in 1877 by Wilhelm Tempel. It is recorded as NGC 333 in the New General Catalogue. It has a companion galaxy, named PGC 3073571, which is presumed to be a physical pair with NGC 333.
NGC 333's location is 00 58 51.2987945616 (R.A.) and -16 28 08.952040380 (Dec.). Its radial velocity is 16226 km/s.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Q1255347” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.