Q1035919
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Key facts
- Constellation
- Andromeda
- Right ascension
- 00 48 34.6
- Declination
- +27 ° 41 ′ 33 ″
- Type
- Scd
- Apparent size v
- 0.9' × 0.9'
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- spiral galaxy
- Constellation
- Andromeda
- Distance from Earth
- 72.9
- Image
- NGC260 - SDSS DR14.jpg
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- catalog code
- LEDA 2844
- Commons category
- NGC 260
- discoverer or inventor
- Heinrich Louis d'Arrest
- time of discovery or invention
- 1865-08-27
- redshift
- 0.017342
- apparent magnitude
- 11.467
- galaxy morphological type
- S/I
- right ascension
- 12.1443417
- declination
- 27.6924750
- radial velocity
- 5154
- epoch
- J2000.0
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Encyclopedic overview
NGC 260 is a spiral galaxy located in the constellation Andromeda. It was discovered on August 27, 1865 by Heinrich d'Arrest.
References
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Q1035919” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.