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EntityQ907337· pop 40· linked from 955 articles

Also known as New General Catalogue 145, ARP 19

spiral galaxy in the constellation Cetus

Key facts

Constellation
Cetus
Right ascension
00 31 7
Declination
+28 ° 28 ′ 22 ″
Heliocentric radial velocity
4138 ± 5 km/s
Distance
44 ± 6.8 Mly (13.5 ± 2.1 Mpc )
Type
SB(s)dm
Apparent size v
1.8 x 1.3
Notable features
Three well-defined arms.

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Wikidata facts

Constellation
Cetus
Distance from Earth
44000000
Image
NGC 145 DECam.jpg
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galaxy morphological type
SBdm
right ascension
7.9405417
time of discovery or invention
1828-10-09
catalog code
LEDA 1941
discoverer or inventor
John Frederick William Herschel
Commons category
NGC 145
redshift
0.013736
apparent magnitude
10.321
declination
-5.1526528
radial velocity
4160
epoch
J2000.0
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Encyclopedic overview

NGC 145, also known as Arp 19, is a barred spiral galaxy in Cetus, notable for its three spiral arms.

References

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Q907337” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.