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Key facts

Constellation
Pisces
Right ascension
01 20 06.7
Declination
+03 ° 24 ′ 58 ″
Heliocentric radial velocity
2325 km/s ±7 km/s
Galactocentric velocity
2398 km/s ±7 km/s
Distance
~100 M ly (~31 M pc )
Type
S0
Size
250,000 ly (diameter)

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Distance from Earth
32.8
Image
Elliptical galaxy NGC 474.jpg
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Commons category
NGC 474
galaxy morphological type
E/S0
catalog code
LEDA 4801
time of discovery or invention
1784-12-13
redshift
0.007912
radial velocity
2306
apparent magnitude
8.555
right ascension
20.0279000
declination
3.4152694
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NGC 474 is an elliptical galaxy about 100 million light years distant in the constellation Pisces. This large galaxy is known to possess tidal shells and tidal tails, although their origins remain unclear. One possible explanation is that NGC 474 interacted with a galaxy several billion years ago.

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