Q34809

Also known as New General Catalogue 25

lenticular galaxy in the constellation Phoenix

Key facts

Constellation: Phoenix
Right ascension: 00 09 59.28
Declination: −57 ° 01 ′ 15.0 ″
Heliocentric radial velocity: 9465 ± 32 km/s
Type: SB0 ? pec
Apparent size v: 1.4' x 0.8'

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Wikidata facts

Distance from Earth: 130.09
Image: NGC 25 DECam.jpg

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galaxy morphological type: E
Commons category: NGC 25
catalog code: APMBGC 149-054+121
time of discovery or invention: 1834-10-28
redshift: 0.031545
apparent magnitude: 9.790
right ascension: 2.4970417
declination: -57.0208056
radial velocity: 9457

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Article

NGC 25 is a barred lenticular galaxy situated in the Phoenix constellation. It was discovered on 28 October 1834 by John Herschel. It is the brightest cluster galaxy for Abell cluster 2731. A possible supernova was discovered in NGC 25 on 15 November 2020.

NGC 25 with DECam