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galaxy

Key facts

Constellation
Andromeda
Right ascension
01 57 42.2104
Declination
+35 ° 54 ′ 58.262 ″
Heliocentric radial velocity
4863 km/s
Distance
220 Mly (67 Mpc )
Group or cluster
Abell 262
Type
SAB(rs)bc
Size
~148,000 ly (45.39 kpc ) (estimated)
Apparent size v
2.5′ × 1.9′

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
spiral galaxy
Constellation
Andromeda
Distance from Earth
66.25
Image
PanSTARRS NGC 753.jpg
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catalog code
Gaia DR2 330317246017979264
right ascension
29.42585100187450
time of discovery or invention
1865-09-16
discoverer or inventor
Heinrich Louis d'Arrest
declination
35.91603146517830
apparent magnitude
9.374
galaxy morphological type
S...
redshift
0.016355
Commons category
NGC 753
radial velocity
4766
epoch
J2000.0
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Encyclopedic overview

NGC 753 is a spiral galaxy located 220 million light-years away in the constellation Andromeda. The galaxy was discovered by astronomer by Heinrich d'Arrest on September 16, 1865 and is a member of Abell 262.

NGC 753 has roughly 2-3 times more mass than the Milky Way and is classified as a radio galaxy.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “NGC 753” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.