Q957266

galaxy

Key facts

Constellation: Sculptor
Right ascension: 01 11 22.2
Declination: −29 ° 14 ′ 04 ″
Heliocentric radial velocity: 1,602 km/s
Type: S0/a?
Apparent size v: 1.0' × 0.4'

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Image: NGC 423 PanS.jpg

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NGC 423 is a lenticular galaxy of type S0/a? located in the constellation Sculptor. It was discovered on November 14, 1835 by John Herschel. It was described by Dreyer as "extremely faint, small, extended, gradually a little brighter middle, eastern of 2.", the other being NGC 418.

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