Astronomical data · SIMBAD
- Object type
- Sy1
- Redshift
- z = 0.01879300112346389
- Coordinates
- RA 13.5664° · Dec -7.2355°
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Key facts
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Right ascension
- 00 54 15.9
- Declination
- −07 ° 14 ′ 08 ″
- Heliocentric radial velocity
- 5,739 km/s
- Type
- SBb
- Apparent size v
- 1.1' × 0.9'
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- spiral galaxy
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Image
- NGC293 - SDSS DR14.jpg
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- galaxy morphological type
- SBb
- Commons category
- NGC 293
- catalog code
- LEDA 3195
- discoverer or inventor
- Albert Marth
- time of discovery or invention
- 1864-09-27
- apparent magnitude
- 11.208
- redshift
- 0.018793
- right ascension
- 13.5664500
- declination
- -7.2355306
- radial velocity
- 5634
- epoch
- J2000.0
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Encyclopedic overview
NGC 293 is a barred spiral galaxy in the constellation Cetus. It was discovered on September 27, 1864 by Albert Marth.
Supernova
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “NGC 293” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.