Key facts
- Constellation
- Andromeda
- Right ascension
- 00 46 00.9
- Declination
- +29 ° 57 ′ 34 ″
- Group or cluster
- NGC 315 Group
- Type
- S0
- Apparent size v
- 0.9' × 0.4'
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Wikidata facts
- Distance from Earth
- 64.68
- Image
- NGC 0243 SDSS.jpg
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- redshift
- 0.015968
- catalog code
- Gaia DR2 312246222658775680
- time of discovery or invention
- 1881-10-18
- apparent magnitude
- 10.408
- galaxy morphological type
- 0
- Commons category
- NGC 243
- right ascension
- 11.50361964117220
- declination
- 29.95954629526180
- radial velocity
- 4799
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NGC 243 is a lenticular galaxy located in the constellation Andromeda. It was discovered on October 18, 1881 by Édouard Stephan.
According to A.M. Garcia, NGC 243 is a member of the NGC 315 Group (also known as LGG 14). This group contains 42 galaxies, including NGC 226, NGC 262, NGC 266, NGC 311, NGC 315, NGC 338, IC 43, IC 66, AND IC 69, among others.
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