Astronomical data · SIMBAD
- Object type
- GiG
- Redshift
- z = 0.01765798643744798
- Morphology
- Sc
- Coordinates
- RA 9.8458° · Dec 2.7979°
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Key facts
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Right ascension
- 00 39 23.0
- Declination
- +02 ° 47 ′ 53 ″
- Type
- SA(r)c
- Apparent size v
- 1.2' × 1.2'
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Encyclopedic overview
NGC 198 is a spiral galaxy located in the constellation Pisces. It was discovered on December 25, 1790 by William Herschel.
One supernova has been observed in NGC 198: SN 2021adxd (Type II-P, mag. 19.8) was discovered by the Zwicky Transient Facility on 6 November 2021.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Q784893” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.