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Astronomical data · SIMBAD
- Object type
- GiG
- Redshift
- z = 0.018166
- Morphology
- E
- Coordinates
- RA 10.9024° · Dec 30.5870°
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Key facts
- Constellation
- Andromeda
- Right ascension
- 00 43 36.5
- Declination
- +30 ° 35 ′ 13 ″
- Type
- E:
- Apparent size v
- 1.7' × 1.5'
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- elliptical galaxy
- Constellation
- Andromeda
- Distance from Earth
- 73.33
- Image
- NGC 0233 SDSS.jpg
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- catalog code
- UZC J004336.6+303513
- discoverer or inventor
- William Herschel
- time of discovery or invention
- 1784-09-11
- redshift
- 0.018183
- apparent magnitude
- 9.618
- galaxy morphological type
- E:
- Commons category
- NGC 233
- right ascension
- 10.9022625
- declination
- 30.5870083
- radial velocity
- 5397
- epoch
- J2000.0
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Encyclopedic overview
NGC 233 is an elliptical galaxy located in the constellation Andromeda. It was discovered on September 11, 1784, by William Herschel.
One supernova has been observed in NGC 233: SN 2021abzd (type Ia-91bg-like, mag. 17.3).
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “NGC 233” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.