Q249986
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elliptical galaxy in the constellation Cetus
Key facts
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Right ascension
- 00 07 15.84
- Declination
- +27 ° 42 ′ 29.1 ″
- Heliocentric radial velocity
- 18906 ± 1 km/s
- Type
- IBmP
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- elliptical galaxy
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Distance from Earth
- 840000000
- Image
- NGC 0077 2MASS.jpg
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- Commons category
- NGC 77
- catalog code
- Gaia DR2 2361155457773335936
- galaxy morphological type
- E
- redshift
- 0.063064
- discoverer or inventor
- Frank Muller
- time of discovery or invention
- 1886-00-00
- apparent magnitude
- 11.527
- right ascension
- 5.00683421752220
- declination
- -22.53209351370340
- radial velocity
- 18906
- epoch
- J2000.0
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Encyclopedic overview
NGC 77 (also known as PGC 1290, NPM1G -22.0006 or PGC 198147) is a lenticular galaxy located 780 million light-years away in the constellation of Cetus. It was discovered by Frank Muller in 1886. Its apparent magnitude is 14.8, and it is around 360,000 light-years across.
References
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