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galaxy

Key facts

Constellation
Pisces
Right ascension
01 19 44.845
Declination
+03 ° 24 ′ 35.90 ″
Heliocentric radial velocity
2585 km/s
Distance
110 Mly (34 Mpc )
Type
SA(rs)b
Apparent size v
2.8 ′ × 1.7 ′

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
spiral galaxy
Constellation
Pisces
Distance from Earth
36
Image
NGC470 - SDSS DR14.jpg
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Commons category
NGC 470
galaxy morphological type
Sbc
catalog code
LEDA 4777
discoverer or inventor
William Herschel
time of discovery or invention
1784-12-13
apparent magnitude
8.837
redshift
0.007919
right ascension
19.9368542
declination
3.4099722
epoch
J2000.0
radial velocity
2519

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Encyclopedic overview

NGC 470 is a spiral galaxy in the constellation Pisces. Located approximately 91 million lightyears from Earth, it was discovered by Friedrich Wilhelm Herschel in 1784. The galaxy also weakly interacts with NGC 474.

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