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Constellation
Pisces
Right ascension
01 16 03.6
Declination
+04 ° 17 ′ 39 ″
Heliocentric radial velocity
5,446 km/s
Type
(R)SAB0^0
Apparent size v
2.0' × 1.6'

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Distance from Earth
72.80
Image
NGC446 - SDSS DR14.jpg
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Commons category
NGC 446
catalog code
Gaia DR2 2563816650730263808
time of discovery or invention
1864-10-23
redshift
0.018166
galaxy morphological type
SB0
apparent magnitude
9.750
right ascension
19.01512021323240
declination
4.29415574730910
radial velocity
5461

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NGC 446 is a lenticular galaxy of type (R)SAB0^0 located in the constellation Pisces. It was first discovered on October 23, 1864, by Albert Marth (and later listed as NGC 446); it was also seen on August 20, 1892, by Stéphane Javelle (and later listed as IC 89). It was described by Dreyer as "faint, very small, stellar."

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