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NGC 4
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lenticular galaxy in the constellation Pisces
Key facts
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Right ascension
- 00 07 24.4
- Declination
- +08 ° 22 ′ 26 ″
- Type
- S0-a
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- lenticular galaxy
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Image
- NGC4 (PGC212468) - SDSS DR14.jpg
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- epoch
- J2000.0
- Commons category
- NGC 4
- catalog code
- LEDA 212468
- discoverer or inventor
- Albert Marth
- time of discovery or invention
- 1864-11-29
- apparent magnitude
- 15.9
- galaxy morphological type
- S0
- right ascension
- 1.85167
- declination
- 8.37500
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Encyclopedic overview
NGC 4 is a lenticular galaxy with the morphological type of S0-a, located in the constellation of Pisces. NGC 4 was discovered by Albert Marth on 29 November 1864 using a 48-inch reflecting telescope.
Observational History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “NGC 4” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.