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NGC 28

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Also known as New General Catalogue 28

elliptical galaxy in the constellation Phoenix

Key facts

Constellation
Phoenix
Right ascension
00 10 25.2
Declination
−56 ° 59 ′ 21 ″
Heliocentric radial velocity
9640 ± 45 km/s
Type
E
Apparent size v
1.5'

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Wikidata facts

Constellation
Phoenix
Distance from Earth
131.97
Image
NGC 0028 2MASS.jpg
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right ascension
2.6051875
Commons category
NGC 28
catalog code
APMBGC 149-058+119
discoverer or inventor
John Frederick William Herschel
time of discovery or invention
1834-10-28
apparent magnitude
10.764
galaxy morphological type
S0...
redshift
0.032156
declination
-56.9891472
radial velocity
9595
epoch
J2000.0
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Encyclopedic overview

NGC 28 is an elliptical galaxy located in the Phoenix constellation. It was discovered on 28 October 1834 by John Herschel.

References

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “NGC 28” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.