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Q870244
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spiral galaxy in the constellation Cetus
Astronomical data · SIMBAD
- Object type
- GiG
- Redshift
- z = 0.01806893771409257
- Morphology
- Sbc
- Coordinates
- RA 7.5445° · Dec 2.0934°
via SIMBAD · CDS Strasbourg
Key facts
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Right ascension
- 00 30 10.7123
- Declination
- +02 ° 05 ′ 36.497 ″
- Heliocentric radial velocity
- 5364 ± 4 km/s
- Distance
- 241.3 ± 16.9 Mly (73.97 ± 5.19 Mpc )
- Type
- SAB(s)bc
- Size
- ~139,000 ly (42.61 kpc ) (estimated)
- Apparent size v
- 1.95′ × 1.3′
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
NGC 132 is a spiral galaxy in the constellation Cetus. Its velocity with respect to the cosmic microwave background is 5015 ± 25 km/s, which corresponds to a Hubble distance of 241.3 ± 16.9 Mly (73.97 ± 5.19 Mpc). In addition, three non redshift measurements give a distance of 250.81 ± 2.14 Mly (76.900 ± 0.656 Mpc). It was discovered on 25 December 1790 by German-British astronomer William Herschel.
Two supernovae have been observed in NGC 132: SN 2004fe (type Ic, mag. 18.1) was discovered on 30 October 2004, and SN 2024vku (type IIn, mag. 20.14) was discovered on 12 September 2024.
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