Astronomical data · SIMBAD
- Object type
- Sy2
- Distance
- 20,449 light-years
- Redshift
- z = 0.003145787485431706
- Morphology
- BCD
- Coordinates
- RA 11.4434° · Dec -15.5968°
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Key facts
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Right ascension
- 00 45 46.4424
- Declination
- −15 ° 35 ′ 48.703 ″
- Type
- S0
- Apparent size v
- 1.2' × 1.0'
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Encyclopedic overview
NGC 244 is a lenticular galaxy located in the constellation Cetus. It was discovered on December 30, 1785 by William Herschel.
See also
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “NGC 244” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.