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galaxy

Key facts

Constellation
Pisces
Right ascension
01 16 12.4
Declination
+33 ° 03 ′ 51 ″
Galactocentric velocity
4880 km/s
Type
Sc

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Encyclopedic overview

NGC 451 is a spiral galaxy located in the constellation Pisces. It was discovered in 1881 by Édouard Stephan.

Photo taken by 2MASS

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Q773058” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.