NGC 173
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spiral galaxy in the constellation Cetus
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
- Instance of
- spiral galaxy
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Distance from Earth
- 58.55
- Image
- NGC173 - SDSS DR14.jpg
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- catalog code
- Gaia DR2 2550447688848847104
- discoverer or inventor
- William Herschel
- 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
- epoch
- J2000.0
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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.