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NGC 138
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spiral galaxy in the constellation Pisces
Astronomical data · SIMBAD
- Object type
- G
- Redshift
- z = 0.039721
- Morphology
- Sa
- Coordinates
- RA 7.7468° · Dec 5.1597°
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Key facts
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Right ascension
- 00 30 59.2
- Declination
- ±05 ° 09 ′ 35 ″
- Heliocentric radial velocity
- 11894 ± 31
- Galactocentric velocity
- 12001 ± 31
- Apparent magnitude b
- 14,8
- Type
- Sa
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- spiral galaxy
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Image
- NGC138 - SDSS DR14.jpg
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- catalog code
- LEDA 1889
- galaxy morphological type
- Sa
- discoverer or inventor
- Albert Marth
- time of discovery or invention
- 1864-08-29
- redshift
- 0.040100
- apparent magnitude
- 10.086
- Commons category
- NGC 138
- right ascension
- 7.7467500
- declination
- 5.1597278
- radial velocity
- 11672
- epoch
- J2000.0
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Encyclopedic overview
NGC 138 is a spiral galaxy in the constellation Pisces. It was discovered on August 29, 1864, by Albert Marth.
One supernova has been observed in NGC 138: SN 2023lfo (type Ia, mag. 17.2).
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “NGC 138” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.