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Q299424
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lenticular galaxy in the constellation Andromeda
Key facts
- Constellation
- Andromeda
- Right ascension
- 00 21 25.576
- Declination
- +22 ° 30 ′ 42.11 ″
- Distance
- 183.3 Mly (56.20 Mpc )
- Type
- S0
- Size
- 24,000 ly (7,360 pc )
- Apparent size v
- 0.45 ′ × 0.45 ′
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Encyclopedic overview
NGC 85 is an interacting spiral or lenticular galaxy estimated to be about 200 million light-years away in the constellation of Andromeda. It was discovered by Ralph Copeland in 1873 and its apparent magnitude is 15.7. The galaxy appears to be interacting with the companion spiral IC 1546.
References
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Q299424” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.