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Q570576
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Key facts
- Right ascension
- 00 40 31.3
- Declination
- +40 ° 44 ′ 21 ″
- Absolute magnitude v
- Unknown
- Apparent dimensions v
- 4.2′ ( arcmin )
- Radius
- Ca. 400 ly
- Constellation
- Andromeda
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Encyclopedic overview
NGC 206 is a bright star cloud in the Andromeda Galaxy, and the brightest star cloud in Andromeda when viewed from Earth. It was discovered by German-born English astronomer William Herschel in 1786 and possibly even two years earlier when he observed "a streak of milky nebulosity, horizontal, or part of the 31st Nebula."
Features
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