Astronomical data · SIMBAD
- Object type
- GiG
- Redshift
- z = 0.012589
- Coordinates
- RA 12.6354° · Dec -8.6517°
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Key facts
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Right ascension
- 00 50 32.5
- Declination
- −08 ° 39 ′ 06 ″
- Type
- S0
- Apparent size v
- 1.7' × 1.5'
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- lenticular galaxy
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Distance from Earth
- 39.99
- Image
- NGC 270.png
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- catalog code
- Gaia DR2 2474156524074876672
- Commons category
- NGC 270
- discoverer or inventor
- William Herschel
- time of discovery or invention
- 1798-12-10
- redshift
- 0.012589
- right ascension
- 12.63543622155390
- declination
- -8.65167542823230
- apparent magnitude
- 9.594
- radial velocity
- 3750
- epoch
- J2000.0
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Encyclopedic overview
NGC 270 is a lenticular galaxy in the constellation Cetus. It was discovered on December 10, 1798 by William Herschel.
References
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “NGC 270” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.