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NGC 182
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spiral galaxy in the constellation Pisces
Astronomical data · SIMBAD
- Object type
- GiG
- Redshift
- z = 0.017712317247355447
- Morphology
- Sa
- Coordinates
- RA 9.5516° · Dec 2.7285°
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Key facts
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Right ascension
- 00 38 12.4
- Declination
- +02 ° 43 ′ 43 ″
- Distance
- 286.69 ± 33.03 Mly (87.900 ± 10.128 Mpc )
- Type
- (R')SAB(rs)a
- Apparent size v
- 2.0' × 1.7'
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Wikidata facts
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- discoverer or inventor
- William Herschel
- catalog code
- Gaia DR2 2550609488856801408
- galaxy morphological type
- Sa
- time of discovery or invention
- 1790-12-25
- redshift
- 0.017455
- apparent magnitude
- 11.812
- Commons category
- NGC 182
- right ascension
- 9.55157830037380
- declination
- 2.72850962952370
- radial velocity
- 5187
- epoch
- J2000.0
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Encyclopedic overview
NGC 182 is a spiral galaxy with a ring structure, located in the constellation Pisces. Astronomer William Herschel discovered it on December 25, 1790.
A Type IIb supernova, designated SN 2004ex, was discovered in this galaxy in 2004.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “NGC 182” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.