Q1036624
Sign in to savespiral galaxy in the constellation Tucana
Key facts
- Constellation
- Tucana
- Right ascension
- 01 12 48.5
- Declination
- −58 ° 16 ′ 56 ″
- Heliocentric radial velocity
- 5,014 km/s
- Type
- SA(s)bc pec
- Apparent size v
- 1.1' × 0.7'
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Wikidata facts
- Distance from Earth
- 69.14
- Image
- NGC 0440 2MASS.jpg
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- Commons category
- NGC 440
- catalog code
- APMBGC 113+035-082
- galaxy morphological type
- Sbc
- time of discovery or invention
- 1834-09-27
- redshift
- 0.016725
- apparent magnitude
- 10.134
- right ascension
- 18.2020667
- declination
- -58.2822306
- radial velocity
- 4989
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Article
NGC 440 is a spiral galaxy of type SA(s)bc pec located in the constellation Tucana. It was discovered on September 27, 1834 by John Herschel. It was described by Dreyer as "faint, very small, round."
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