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EntityQ576880· pop 35· linked from 952 articles

lenticular galaxy in the constellation Cetus

Astronomical data · SIMBAD

Object type
GiG
Redshift
z = 0.038236
Coordinates
RA 18.7187° · Dec 1.9174°
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Key facts

Constellation
Cetus
Right ascension
01 14 52.5
Declination
+01 ° 55 ′ 03 ″
Heliocentric radial velocity
11,463 km/s
Type
S0 pec?
Apparent size v
0.8' × 0.6'

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Encyclopedic overview

NGC 445 is a peculiar lenticular galaxy located in the constellation of Cetus. It was discovered on October 23, 1864, by Albert Marth. It was described by Dreyer as "very faint, very small."

References

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Q576880” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.