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galaxy in the constellation Andromeda

Key facts

Constellation
Andromeda
Right ascension
00 46 32.0
Declination
+36 ° 19 ′ 32 ″
Distance
~500 Mly
Type
S
Apparent size v
1.5' × 1.2'

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Wikidata facts

Constellation
Andromeda
Image
NGC 0218 SDSS.jpg
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redshift
0.037426
declination
36.3595806
catalog code
Z 519-17
right ascension
10.4359292
radial velocity
4894
galaxy morphological type
S
apparent magnitude
12.502
epoch
J2000.0
Commons category
NGC 218
discoverer or inventor
Édouard Stephan
time of discovery or invention
1876-10-17
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Encyclopedic overview

NGC 218, also known as UGC 480, is a spiral galaxy located approximately 500 million light-years from the Sun in the constellation Andromeda. It was discovered on October 17, 1876 by Édouard Stephan, and is interacting with the galaxy PGC 2726.

See also

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “UGC 480” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.