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Q28956
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elliptical galaxy in the constellation Phoenix
Key facts
- Constellation
- Phoenix
- Right ascension
- 00 10 25.2
- Declination
- −56 ° 59 ′ 21 ″
- Heliocentric radial velocity
- 9640 ± 45 km/s
- Type
- E
- Apparent size v
- 1.5'
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
NGC 28 is an elliptical galaxy located in the Phoenix constellation. It was discovered on 28 October 1834 by John Herschel.
References
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Q28956” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.