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Q204624
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spiral galaxy in the constellation Pisces
Key facts
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Right ascension
- 00 24 02.837
- Declination
- +16 ° 29 ′ 11.00 ″
- Distance
- 60.18 ± 0.65 Mly (18.45 ± 0.20 Mpc )
- Type
- Scd:
- Size
- 113,400 ly (34,770 pc )
- Apparent size v
- 6.16 ′ × 0.64 ′
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- spiral galaxy
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Distance from Earth
- 19.1
- Image
- NGC100 - SDSS DR14.jpg
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- Commons category
- NGC 100
- catalog code
- RFGC 95
- galaxy morphological type
- Sc
- discoverer or inventor
- Lewis A. Swift
- time of discovery or invention
- 1885-11-10
- redshift
- 0.002805
- apparent magnitude
- 10.558
- right ascension
- 6.0118208
- declination
- 16.4863889
- radial velocity
- 842
- epoch
- J2000.0
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Encyclopedic overview
NGC 100 is a galaxy located approximately 60 million light-years from the Solar System in the constellation Pisces. It has an apparent magnitude of 13.2. It was first discovered on 10 November 1885 by American astronomer Lewis Swift.
See also
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