NGC 423

galaxy

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Vinony files it under Astronomical objects discovered in 1835, Lenticular galaxies and NGC objects.

Its subject is documented across 32 Wikipedia language editions.

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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Wikidata facts

Instance of: lenticular galaxy
Constellation: Sculptor
Image: NGC 423 PanS.jpg

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galaxy morphological type: S:
Commons category: NGC 423
catalog code: APMBGC 412+001-033
discoverer or inventor: John Frederick William Herschel
time of discovery or invention: 1835-11-14
redshift: 0.005270
apparent magnitude: 10.504
right ascension: 17.8425542
declination: -29.2345222
radial velocity: 1585
epoch: J2000.0

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Encyclopedic overview

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.

References

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “NGC 423” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.