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Also known as New General Catalogue 69

lenticular galaxy in the constellation Andromeda

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Constellation
Andromeda
Right ascension
00 18 20.49510
Declination
+30 ° 02 ′ 23.8402 ″
Heliocentric radial velocity
6607 km/s
Distance
305.6 ± 21.5 Mly (93.70 ± 6.58 Mpc )
Group or cluster
NGC 68 group
Type
SB0 (s)

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NGC69 - SDSS DR14.jpg
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radial velocity
6754
catalog code
Gaia DR2 2860586418299406336
Commons category
NGC 69
galaxy morphological type
S0
redshift
0.022529
time of discovery or invention
1855-10-07
apparent magnitude
13.864
right ascension
4.58539624829260
declination
30.03995561286500
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NGC 69 is a barred lenticular galaxy located in the constellation Andromeda. It is a member of the NGC 68 group. It was discovered in 1855 by R. J. Mitchell, who described it as "extremely faint, very small, round."

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