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Q29259
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spiral galaxy in the constellation Phoenix
Key facts
- Constellation
- Phoenix
- Right ascension
- 00 10 38.384
- Declination
- −56 ° 59 ′ 11.41 ″
- Heliocentric radial velocity
- 9447 km/s
- Distance
- 454.3 ± 31.9 Mly (139.30 ± 9.77 Mpc )
- Type
- SB(rs)cd
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Wikidata facts
- Image
- NGC 0031 2MASS.jpg
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- time of discovery or invention
- 1834-10-28
- Commons category
- NGC 31
- catalog code
- APMBGC 149-059+119
- galaxy morphological type
- Sc
- apparent magnitude
- 11.131
- redshift
- 0.032025
- right ascension
- 2.6599333
- declination
- -56.9865028
- radial velocity
- 9615
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NGC 31 is a spiral galaxy located in the constellation Phoenix. It was discovered on October 28, 1834, by the astronomer John Herschel. Its morphological type is SB(rs)cd, meaning that it is a late-type barred spiral galaxy.
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