Q1035760
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Key facts
- Constellation
- Phoenix
- Right ascension
- 00 40 48.9
- Declination
- −56 ° 12 ′ 51 ″
- Type
- S0
- Apparent size v
- 1.1' × 0.9'
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Encyclopedic overview
NGC 215 is a lenticular galaxy located in the constellation Phoenix. It was discovered on October 28, 1834, by John Herschel.
References
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Q1035760” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.