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NGC 4
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lenticular galaxy in the constellation Pisces
In the Vinony graph
Vinony's link graph records 176 inbound references to NGC 4, and connects out to list of stars in Pisces, list of NGC objects (1–1000) and epoch.
It is catalogued under topics including Astronomical objects discovered in 1864, LEDA objects and Lenticular galaxies.
Vinony links it to 52 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Right ascension
- 00 07 24.4
- Declination
- +08 ° 22 ′ 26 ″
- Type
- S0-a
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- lenticular galaxy
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Image
- NGC4 (PGC212468) - SDSS DR14.jpg
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- epoch
- J2000.0
- Commons category
- NGC 4
- catalog code
- LEDA 212468
- discoverer or inventor
- Albert Marth
- time of discovery or invention
- 1864-11-29
- apparent magnitude
- 15.9
- galaxy morphological type
- S0
- right ascension
- 1.85167
- declination
- 8.37500
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Encyclopedic overview
NGC 4 is a lenticular galaxy with the morphological type of S0-a, located in the constellation of Pisces. NGC 4 was discovered by Albert Marth on 29 November 1864 using a 48-inch reflecting telescope.
Observational History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “NGC 4” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.