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NGC 169
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spiral galaxy in the constellation Andromeda
Key facts
- Constellation
- Andromeda
- Right ascension
- 00 36 51.6
- Declination
- +23 ° 59 ′ 27 ″
- Type
- SA(s)ab
- Apparent size v
- 2.6' × 0.7'
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Wikidata facts
- Distance from Earth
- 59.6
- Image
- Arp 282.png
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- catalog code
- LEDA 2202
- declination
- 23.9909361
- galaxy morphological type
- SAab(x)
- time of discovery or invention
- 1857-09-18
- apparent magnitude
- 11.783
- Commons category
- NGC 169
- redshift
- 0.015423
- right ascension
- 9.2150458
- radial velocity
- 4500
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NGC 169 is an unbarred spiral galaxy located in the constellation Andromeda. It was discovered on September 18, 1857, by R. J. Mitchell.
NGC 169 has a smaller companion named NGC 169A, also designated IC1559. The two are currently interacting, and the pair is included in Halton Arp's Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies.
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