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Sign in to savespiral galaxy in the constellation Pegasus
Key facts
- Constellation
- Pegasus
- Right ascension
- 00 09 48.2
- Declination
- +27 ° 49 ′ 56 ″
- Heliocentric radial velocity
- 8,312 ± 1 km/s
- Distance
- 354 ± 25 Mly , 108.5 ± 7.8 Mpc
- Apparent magnitude v
- +14.4
- Absolute magnitude v
- −20.53
- Type
- Sb
- Apparent size v
- 1.25 ′ × 0.85 ′
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Article
NGC 22 is a spiral galaxy located in the Pegasus constellation. It was discovered in 1883 by French astronomer Édouard Stephan and was catalogued as the 22nd object in the New General Catalogue, compiled by J. L. E. Dreyer in 1888. The galaxy has an apparent visual magnitude of +14.4 and spans an angular size of 1.25′ × 0.85′.
The morphological classification of this galaxy is Sb, indicating a spiral form with somewhat tightly wound arms. It is located at a distance of 354 ± 25 million light-years (108.5 ± 7.8 Mpc) from the Milky Way.