NGC 273
Sign in to savelenticular galaxy in the constellation Cetus
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Within Vinony's link graph, NGC 273 is referenced by 953 other articles, and connects out to list of NGC objects (1–1000), epoch and NGC 241.
It sits within the topics Astronomical objects discovered in 1785, Cetus and Discoveries by William Herschel.
Its subject is documented across 33 Wikipedia language editions.
Astronomical data · SIMBAD
- Object type
- EmG
- Redshift
- z = 0.015854
- Morphology
- SO
- Coordinates
- RA 12.7019° · Dec -6.8857°
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Key facts
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Right ascension
- 00 50 48.4
- Declination
- −06 ° 53 ′ 08 ″
- Type
- S0
- Apparent size v
- 2.2' × 0.7'
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- lenticular galaxy
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Distance from Earth
- 61.04
- Image
- NGC273 - SDSS DR14.jpg
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- catalog code
- LEDA 2959
- Commons category
- NGC 273
- galaxy morphological type
- S0
- discoverer or inventor
- William Herschel
- time of discovery or invention
- 1785-09-10
- redshift
- 0.015854
- apparent magnitude
- 9.725
- right ascension
- 12.7018292
- declination
- -6.8857611
- radial velocity
- 4715
- epoch
- J2000.0
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Encyclopedic overview
NGC 273 is an edge-on lenticular galaxy in the constellation Cetus. It was discovered on September 10, 1785, by William Herschel.
References
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “NGC 273” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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