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.