Q756878
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spiral galaxy in the constellation Andromeda
Key facts
- Constellation
- Andromeda
- Right ascension
- 00 18 28.4
- Declination
- +30 02 26.5
- Heliocentric radial velocity
- 7259 km/s
- Distance
- 320-325 Mly
- Type
- Sb Sbc SA(rs)c
- Size
- 180,000
- Apparent size v
- ~1.3'x1.0'
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
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- Commons category
- NGC 72
- catalog code
- SDSS J001828.35+300226.3
- galaxy morphological type
- SBa
- redshift
- 0.024213
- discoverer or inventor
- William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse
- time of discovery or invention
- 1855-10-07
- apparent magnitude
- 12.845
- right ascension
- 4.6181260
- declination
- 30.0406610
- radial velocity
- 6976
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Encyclopedic overview
NGC 72 is a barred spiral galaxy estimated to be about 320 million light-years away in the constellation of Andromeda. It was discovered by R. J. Mitchell in 1855 and its magnitude is 13.5.
References
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