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NGC 233

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galaxy

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

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.