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NGC 74
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spiral galaxy in the constellation Andromeda
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- spiral galaxy
- Constellation
- Andromeda
- Image
- N70s-crop.jpg
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- Commons category
- NGC 74
- catalog code
- LEDA 1219
- redshift
- 0.023933
- discoverer or inventor
- William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse
- time of discovery or invention
- 1855-10-07
- apparent magnitude
- 11.694
- galaxy morphological type
- Sb
- right ascension
- 4.7054042
- declination
- 30.0621222
- radial velocity
- 7089
- epoch
- J2000.0
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Encyclopedic overview
This is a list of NGC objects 1–1000 from the New General Catalogue (NGC). The astronomical catalogue is composed mainly of star clusters, nebulae, and galaxies. Other objects in the catalogue can be found in the other subpages of the list of NGC objects.
Compact galaxy group Robert's Quartet
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “NGC 74” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.