NGC 445
Sign in to savelenticular galaxy in the constellation Cetus
Astronomical data · SIMBAD
- Object type
- GiG
- Redshift
- z = 0.038236
- Coordinates
- RA 18.7187° · Dec 1.9174°
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Key facts
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Right ascension
- 01 14 52.5
- Declination
- +01 ° 55 ′ 03 ″
- Heliocentric radial velocity
- 11,463 km/s
- Type
- S0 pec?
- Apparent size v
- 0.8' × 0.6'
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- lenticular galaxy
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Image
- NGC445 - SDSS DR14.jpg
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- Commons category
- NGC 445
- catalog code
- LEDA 4493
- discoverer or inventor
- Albert Marth
- time of discovery or invention
- 1864-10-23
- redshift
- 0.038236
- galaxy morphological type
- S0
- apparent magnitude
- 10.527
- right ascension
- 18.7186583
- declination
- 1.9175250
- radial velocity
- 11244
- epoch
- J2000.0
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Encyclopedic overview
NGC 445 is a peculiar lenticular galaxy located in the constellation of Cetus. It was discovered on October 23, 1864, by Albert Marth. It was described by Dreyer as "very faint, very small."
References
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “NGC 445” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.