Astronomical data · SIMBAD
- Object type
- GiG
- Redshift
- z = 0.014433
- Coordinates
- RA 12.8218° · Dec -8.5968°
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- lenticular galaxy
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Distance from Earth
- 56.67
- Image
- NGC277 - SDSS DR14.jpg
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- catalog code
- Gaia DR2 2474146976360791936
- discoverer or inventor
- Heinrich Louis d'Arrest
- time of discovery or invention
- 1864-10-08
- redshift
- 0.014433
- galaxy morphological type
- E-S0
- apparent magnitude
- 10.264
- Commons category
- NGC 277
- right ascension
- 12.82182624776660
- declination
- -8.59683852463200
- radial velocity
- 4296
- epoch
- J2000.0
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Encyclopedic overview
This is a list of NGC objects 1–1000 from the New General Catalogue (NGC). The astronomical catalogue is composed mainly of star clusters, nebulae, and galaxies. Other objects in the catalogue can be found in the other subpages of the list of NGC objects.
Compact galaxy group Robert's Quartet
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “NGC 277” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.