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galaxy

Astronomical data · SIMBAD

Object type
Sy2
Redshift
z = 0.01689692
Morphology
SBab
Coordinates
RA 19.0617° · Dec 31.0338°
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Key facts

Constellation
Pisces
Right ascension
01 16 14.8
Declination
+31 ° 02 ′ 02 ″
Galactocentric velocity
4962 km/s
Type
SBab

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Wikidata facts

Constellation
Pisces
Distance from Earth
78.2
Image
NGC452 - SDSS DR14.jpg
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Commons category
NGC 452
right ascension
19.0617042
catalog code
2MASS J01161480+3102017
discoverer or inventor
John Frederick William Herschel
time of discovery or invention
1827-11-22
galaxy morphological type
SBab
apparent magnitude
11.28
redshift
0.0180
declination
31.0338278
radial velocity
5348
epoch
J2000.0

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Encyclopedic overview

NGC 452 is a barred spiral galaxy located in the constellation Pisces. It was discovered in 1827 by Sir John Herschel. It is about 5 arcminutes west of NGC 444.

Image taken by 2MASS.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Q770197” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.