Q933239
Sign in to savebarred spiral galaxy in the constellation Cetus
Astronomical data · SIMBAD
- Object type
- GiG
- Redshift
- z = 0.00530506534019537
- Morphology
- Sc
- Coordinates
- RA 11.9471° · Dec -11.4687°
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Key facts
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Right ascension
- 00 47 47.309
- Declination
- −11 ° 28 ′ 07.31 ″
- Heliocentric radial velocity
- 1585 km/s
- Distance
- 59.16 ± 4.75 Mly (18.140 ± 1.457 Mpc )
- Absolute magnitude v
- − 19.59
- Type
- SAB(rs)bc
- Size
- 53,200 ly (16,310 pc )
- Apparent size v
- 3.0 ′ × 2.5 ′
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Wikidata facts
- Distance from Earth
- 21.63
- Image
- NGC 255 DECam.png
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- catalog code
- LEDA 2802
- radial velocity
- 1610
- Commons category
- NGC 255
- time of discovery or invention
- 1785-11-27
- redshift
- 0.005337
- apparent magnitude
- 9.673
- galaxy morphological type
- SBc
- right ascension
- 11.9471208
- declination
- -11.4686972
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Article
NGC 255 is a barred spiral galaxy in the constellation Cetus. It was discovered on November 27, 1785, by Frederick William Herschel.
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