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NGC 2

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Also known as New General Catalogue 2

spiral galaxy in the constellation Pegasus

Wikidata facts

Constellation
Pegasus
Distance from Earth
102.05
Image
NGC2.png
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Commons category
NGC 2
catalog code
LEDA 567
galaxy morphological type
Sab
time of discovery or invention
1873-08-20
apparent magnitude
10.937
redshift
0.025004
right ascension
1.82131362659590
declination
27.67834232723530
radial velocity
7402
epoch
J2000.0
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Encyclopedic overview

NGC 2 is an intermediate spiral galaxy with the morphological type of Sab, located in the constellation of Pegasus. NGC 2 was discovered by Lawrence Parsons, 4th Earl of Rosse on 20 August 1873.

Observational History

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “NGC 2” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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