NGC 173
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spiral galaxy in the constellation Cetus
In the Vinony graph
Within Vinony's link graph, NGC 173 is referenced by 952 other articles, and connects out to list of NGC objects (1–1000), epoch and Q50654.
Vinony files it under Cetus, MCG objects and NGC objects.
Its subject is documented across 35 Wikipedia language editions.
Astronomical data · SIMBAD
- Object type
- GiG
- Redshift
- z = 0.014664584301586014
- Morphology
- Sc
- Coordinates
- RA 9.3019° · Dec 1.9422°
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Key facts
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Right ascension
- 00 37 12.5
- Declination
- +01 ° 56 ′ 32 ″
- Type
- SA(rs)c
- Apparent size v
- 3.2' × 2.6'
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Wikidata facts
- Distance from Earth
- 58.55
- Image
- NGC173 - SDSS DR14.jpg
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- catalog code
- Gaia DR2 2550447688848847104
- time of discovery or invention
- 1790-12-28
- redshift
- 0.014563
- apparent magnitude
- 10.005
- galaxy morphological type
- Sb/Sc
- Commons category
- NGC 173
- right ascension
- 9.30193950697310
- declination
- 1.94223312790880
- radial velocity
- 4528
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Encyclopedic overview
NGC 173 is an unbarred spiral galaxy located approximately 3.8 million light-years away in the constellation Cetus.
References
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “NGC 173” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.