NGC 155
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lenticular galaxy in the constellation Cetus
Astronomical data · SIMBAD
- Object type
- GiG
- Redshift
- z = 0.02065
- Morphology
- E1
- Coordinates
- RA 8.6670° · Dec -10.7665°
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Key facts
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Right ascension
- 00 34 40.113
- Declination
- −10 ° 45 ′ 59.35 ″
- Distance
- 248.37 ± 41.74 Mly (76.150 ± 12.799 Mpc )
- Type
- S0 pec
- Size
- 125,600 ly (38,510 pc )
- Apparent size v
- 1.38 ′ × 1.06 ′
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Encyclopedic overview
NGC 155 is a lenticular galaxy in the Cetus constellation. It was discovered on September 1, 1886, by Lewis A. Swift.
References
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “NGC 155” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.