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galaxy

Astronomical data · SIMBAD

Object type
GiG
Redshift
z = 0.018150469133364933
Morphology
SO
Coordinates
RA 9.9345° · Dec 3.2996°
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Key facts

Constellation
Pisces
Right ascension
00 39 44.3
Declination
+03 ° 17 ′ 58 ″
Distance
241 Mly
Type
SA0 (s) pec:
Apparent size v
1.2' × 1.1'

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Encyclopedic overview

NGC 204 is an unbarred lenticular galaxy located approximately 241 million light-years from the Solar System in the constellation Pisces. It was discovered on December 21, 1786 by William Herschel.

See also

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “NGC 204” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.