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Astronomical data · SIMBAD
- Object type
- AG?
- Redshift
- z = 0.01319951063345881
- Coordinates
- RA 9.7649° · Dec -18.6083°
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Key facts
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Right ascension
- 00 39 03.6
- Declination
- −18 ° 36 ′ 30 ″
- Distance
- 175 Mly
- Type
- SA0 pec:
- Apparent size v
- 1.4' × 1.1'
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Wikidata facts
- Image
- NGC 0209 DSS.jpg
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- catalog code
- Gaia DR2 2363236764564991488
- galaxy morphological type
- S0
- time of discovery or invention
- 1886-00-00
- redshift
- 0.013112
- right ascension
- 9.76494170037030
- declination
- -18.60826149236660
- radial velocity
- 3931
- apparent magnitude
- 12.9
- Commons category
- NGC 209
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NGC 209 is a lenticular galaxy located approximately 175 million light-years from the Solar System in the constellation Cetus. It was discovered on October 9, 1885, by Francis Leavenworth.
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