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Q15765
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spiral galaxy in the constellation Pegasus
Q15765 is a spiral galaxy located in the constellation Pegasus, one of the recognizable star patterns visible in the night sky. Spiral galaxies like this one help astronomers study the structure and distribution of matter across the universe.
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Astronomical data · SIMBAD
- Object type
- GiP
- Redshift
- z = 0.015277170687366226
- Morphology
- Sbc
- Coordinates
- RA 1.8161° · Dec 27.7081°
via SIMBAD · CDS Strasbourg
Key facts
- Constellation
- Pegasus
- Right ascension
- 00 07 15.8672
- Declination
- +27 ° 42 ′ 28.911 ″
- Redshift
- 0.015177 ± 0.000002
- Heliocentric radial velocity
- 4550 ± 1 km/s
- Galactocentric velocity
- 4723 ± 7 km/s
- Distance
- 184.69 ± 8.84 Mly (56.627 ± 2.710 Mpc )
- Group or cluster
- NGC 23 Group (LGG 2)
- Type
- SA(s)b?
- Size
- ~96,700 ly (29.65 kpc ) (estimated)
- Apparent size v
- 1.6′ × 1.2′
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Distance from Earth
- 64.2
- Radius
- 90000
- Image
- NGC1 NGC2 - SDSS DR14.jpg
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- catalog code
- NSA 169760
- apparent magnitude
- 9.755
- Commons category
- NGC 1
- radial velocity
- 4620
- galaxy morphological type
- SAbc
- time of discovery or invention
- 1861-09-30
- right ascension
- 1.81606452349160
- declination
- 27.70806237840100
- redshift
- 0.015160
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NGC 1 is an intermediate spiral galaxy of the morphological type Sbc, located in the constellation of Pegasus. It was discovered on 30 September 1861 by Heinrich d'Arrest.
Observation history