Q50642
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lenticular galaxy in constellation Andromeda
Key facts
- Constellation
- Andromeda
- Right ascension
- 00 14 34.895
- Declination
- +48 ° 15 ′ 19.86 ″
- Heliocentric radial velocity
- 5531 km/s
- Distance
- 250 Mly (77 Mpc )
- Type
- S0/a
- Size
- 90,000
- Apparent size v
- 1'.445 x 0'.891
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Distance from Earth
- 73.34
- Image
- NGC 51 ps1.png
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- Commons category
- NGC 51
- catalog code
- LEDA 974
- galaxy morphological type
- S0a
- redshift
- 0.01862
- time of discovery or invention
- 1885-09-07
- apparent magnitude
- 9.482
- right ascension
- 3.6453958
- declination
- 48.2555167
- radial velocity
- 5351
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Article
NGC 51 is a lenticular galaxy in the constellation Andromeda. It has a diameter of 90,000 light-years. The galaxy was discovered on September 7, 1885, by Lewis Swift, who described it as "Pretty faint, pretty small, round, brighter middle."
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