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Q183617
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spiral galaxy in the constellation Cetus
Astronomical data · SIMBAD
- Object type
- LIN
- Redshift
- z = 0.01256186319047603
- Morphology
- SB_a
- Coordinates
- RA 8.5116° · Dec -9.7053°
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Key facts
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Right ascension
- 00 34 02.79176
- Declination
- −09 ° 42 ′ 18.9821 ″
- Heliocentric radial velocity
- 3742.3 km/s
- Distance
- 170 Mly (52 Mpc )
- Type
- SB(r)bc
- Size
- 3.7 ′ × 1.7 ′
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- spiral galaxy
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Distance from Earth
- 52.5
- Image
- N151s.jpg
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- Commons category
- NGC 151
- discoverer or inventor
- William Herschel
- catalog code
- Gaia DR2 2425746715023420032
- redshift
- 0.012499
- time of discovery or invention
- 1785-11-28
- right ascension
- 8.51163234166510
- declination
- -9.70527280706280
- apparent magnitude
- 10.887
- radial velocity
- 3738
- epoch
- J2000.0
- galaxy morphological type
- 2
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Encyclopedic overview
NGC 151 is a mid-sized barred spiral galaxy located in the constellation Cetus.
The galaxy was discovered by English astronomer William Herschel on November 28, 1785. In 1886, Lewis Swift observed the same galaxy and catalogued it as NGC 153, only for it later to be identified as NGC 151.
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