Key facts
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Right ascension
- 01 27 11.80
- Declination
- −22 ° 45 ′ 43.00 ″
- Redshift
- 0.034137 ± 1.50
- Distance
- 479 Mly (147.04 M pc )
- Type
- G
- Size
- 173,000 ly
- Apparent size v
- 0.759′ × 0.676′
- Notable features
- Maybe evolving into a ring galaxy(?)
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Wikidata facts
- Image
- NGC 0555 DSS.jpg
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- catalog code
- Gaia DR2 5042200315975022592
- time of discovery or invention
- 1886-00-00
- galaxy morphological type
- S0a:r
- apparent magnitude
- 11.365
- right ascension
- 21.79920297179590
- declination
- -22.76204711103820
- radial velocity
- 10145
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- NGC 555
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NGC 555 is a lenticular galaxy located around 479 million light-years away in the constellation Cetus. NGC 555 was discovered in 1886 by the American astronomer Frank Muller. NGC 555 is not known to have much star formation, and it is not known to have an active galactic nucleus.
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