Q1036563
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Key facts
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Right ascension
- 01 12 59.9
- Declination
- −00 ° 15 ′ 09 ″
- Heliocentric radial velocity
- 5,299 km/s
- Distance
- 355.71 ± 213.16 Mly (109.060 ± 65.354 Mpc )
- Apparent magnitude v
- 13.9b
- Type
- E:
- Apparent size v
- 1.3' × 1.1'
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Encyclopedic overview
NGC 430 is an elliptical galaxy of type E: located in the constellation Cetus. It was discovered on October 1, 1785 by William Herschel. It was described by Dreyer as "faint, very small, round, very suddenly brighter middle similar to star."
References
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