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Constellation
Pisces
Right ascension
01 16 07.2
Declination
+33 ° 05 ′ 22 ″
Heliocentric radial velocity
4,780 km/s
Absolute magnitude v
−20.37
Type
(R')S?
Apparent size v
0.8' × 0.5'

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NGC449-hst-R680GB547.jpg
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NGC 449
catalog code
Gaia DR2 313817081177711872
time of discovery or invention
1881-11-11
redshift
0.016044
galaxy morphological type
SB0
apparent magnitude
13.696
radial velocity
5065
right ascension
19.03004028450420
declination
33.08934754259450

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NGC 449 is a spiral galaxy of type (R')S? located in the constellation Pisces. It was discovered on November 11, 1881 by Édouard Stephan. It was described by Dreyer as "very faint, very small, round, very little brighter middle, very faint star involved."

NGC 449 is an active galaxy, specifically a Seyfert galaxy. The supermassive black hole at the center of NGC 449 is 1.32×10 M☉, and matter from its accretion disk is currently accreting at a rate of 2.54×10 M☉ per year.

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