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It sits within the topics Barred spiral galaxies, NGC objects and Pisces (constellation).
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Astronomical data · SIMBAD
- Object type
- G
- Redshift
- z = 0.04335847874574972
- Morphology
- Sbc
- Coordinates
- RA 19.5341° · Dec 17.5623°
via SIMBAD · CDS Strasbourg
Key facts
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Right ascension
- 01 18 08.1837
- Declination
- +17 ° 33 ′ 44.400 ″
- Heliocentric radial velocity
- 12705 +/- 5 km/s
- Galactocentric velocity
- 12818 +/- 7 km/s
- Distance
- 596.2 ± 41.7 Mly (182.80 ± 12.80 Mpc )
- Type
- SBc
- Apparent size v
- 1.0′ × 0.9′
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Image
- NGC 459 SDSS.jpg
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- Commons category
- NGC 459
- catalog code
- Gaia DR2 2785557428446983552
- galaxy morphological type
- Sbc
- time of discovery or invention
- 1784-10-15
- redshift
- 0.042379
- apparent magnitude
- 12.210
- right ascension
- 19.53414126266080
- declination
- 17.56231441189450
- radial velocity
- 12436
via Wikidata · CC0
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Encyclopedic overview
NGC 459 is a spiral galaxy in the constellation Pisces. Its velocity with respect to the cosmic microwave background is 12,394±22 km/s, which corresponds to a Hubble distance of 596.2 ± 41.7 Mly (182.80 ± 12.80 Mpc). It was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel on 15 October 1784. It was described as being extremely faint by John Dreyer in the New General Catalogue.
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