NGC 171
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galaxy in the constellation Cetus
Astronomical data · SIMBAD
- Object type
- Sy2
- Redshift
- z = 0.013039299736562038
- Morphology
- Sb
- Coordinates
- RA 9.3398° · Dec -19.9343°
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Key facts
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Right ascension
- 00 37 21.5
- Declination
- −19 ° 56 ′ 03 ″
- Type
- SBb
- Apparent size v
- 2.1' × 1.9'
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- spiral galaxy
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Distance from Earth
- 53.21
- Image
- NGC 0171 SDSS.jpg
- Said to be same as
- NGC 175
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- galaxy morphological type
- SBb
- Commons category
- NGC 175
- catalog code
- LEDA 2232
- discoverer or inventor
- William Herschel
- time of discovery or invention
- 1784-10-20
- redshift
- 0.013043
- right ascension
- 9.3396708
- declination
- -19.9342472
- radial velocity
- 3930
- apparent magnitude
- 11.507
- epoch
- J2000.0
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Encyclopedic overview
NGC 171 is a barred spiral galaxy with an apparent magnitude of 12, located around 200 million light-years away in the constellation Cetus. The galaxy has two main medium-wound arms, with a few minor arms, and a fairly bright nucleus and bulge. It was discovered on 20 October 1784 by William Herschel. It is also known as NGC 175.
Supernova
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “NGC 171” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.