Key facts
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Right ascension
- 00 50 09.5
- Declination
- −05 ° 11 ′ 37 ″
- Type
- SBbc
- Apparent size v
- 1.6' × 1.1'
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Encyclopedic overview
NGC 268 is a spiral galaxy located in the constellation Cetus. It was discovered on November 22, 1785 by William Herschel.
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Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Q1035939” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.