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Vinony's link graph records 892 inbound references to Q784893, and connects out to list of stars in Pisces, list of NGC objects (1–1000) and epoch.

It sits within the topics Astronomical objects discovered in 1790, Discoveries by William Herschel and MCG objects.

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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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Wikidata facts

Distance from Earth
70.73
Image
NGC198 - SDSS DR14.jpg
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catalog code
LEDA 2371
galaxy morphological type
Sc
Commons category
NGC 198
time of discovery or invention
1790-12-25
redshift
0.017572
apparent magnitude
9.716
right ascension
9.8457750
declination
2.7979306
radial velocity
5222

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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.

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