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NGC 169
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spiral galaxy in the constellation Andromeda
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Within Vinony's link graph, NGC 169 is referenced by 989 other articles, and connects out to list of NGC objects (1–1000), epoch and NGC 241.
It sits within the topics Andromeda (constellation), Arp objects and Interacting galaxies.
Its subject is documented across 37 Wikipedia language editions.
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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Encyclopedic overview
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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “NGC 169” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.