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Within Vinony's link graph, NGC 178 is referenced by 953 other articles, and connects out to list of NGC objects (1–1000), New General Catalogue and NGC 80.
It sits within the topics Astronomical objects discovered in 1885, Barred spiral galaxies and Cetus.
Its subject is documented across 33 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Right ascension
- 00 39 08.392
- Declination
- −14 ° 10 ′ 22.25 ″
- Heliocentric radial velocity
- 1454.4 km/s
- Distance
- 67 Mly (20.6 Mpc )
- Type
- SB(s)m
- Size
- 25 to 30 kly
- Apparent size v
- 1.85 ′ × 0.85 ′
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Wikidata facts
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Distance from Earth
- 20.7
- Image
- NGC178-hst-R814GB300.jpg
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- declination
- -14.1728472
- radial velocity
- 1479
- right ascension
- 9.7849667
- galaxy morphological type
- SBm
- Commons category
- NGC 178
- catalog code
- LEDA 2349
- time of discovery or invention
- 1886-00-00
- discoverer or inventor
- Ormond Stone
- redshift
- 0.004833
- apparent magnitude
- 10.802
- epoch
- J2000.0
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Encyclopedic overview
NGC 178 is a Magellanic spiral galaxy in the constellation of Cetus. The compiler of the New General Catalogue, John Louis Emil Dreyer noted that NGC 178 was "faint, small, much extended 0°, brighter middle". It was discovered on November 3, 1885, by Ormond Stone.
Due to its high rate of star formation NGC 178 is a starburst galaxy. It is forming new stars at a rate of 0.55 M☉ per year. The peculiar morphology of this galaxy may be a sign of it being a galaxy merger.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “NGC 178” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.