Q34766
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Key facts
- Constellation
- Sculptor
- Right ascension
- 00 09 56.542
- Declination
- −24 ° 57 ′ 47.27 ″
- Redshift
- 0.00185 ± 0.00001
- Heliocentric radial velocity
- 554.017 ± 2.099 km/s
- Distance
- 23.8 Mly (7.31 Mpc )
- Apparent magnitude v
- +12.4
- Absolute magnitude v
- −17.61
- Type
- SA(s)c
- Apparent size v
- 5.7' x 1.5'
via Wikipedia infobox
Article
NGC 24 is a spiral galaxy in the southern constellation of Sculptor, about 23.8 megalight-years distant from the Milky Way. It was discovered by British astronomer William Herschel in 1785, and measures some 40,000 light-years across. The general shape of this galaxy is specified by its morphological classification of SA(s)c, which indicates it is an unbarred spiral with no ring-like structure and moderate to loosely-wound spiral arms. This galaxy is positioned in the vicinity of the Sculptor Group, but is actually a background object that is about two times as distant. It may form a pair with another background galaxy, NGC 45.
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