Astronomical data · SIMBAD
- Object type
- GiG
- Redshift
- z = 0.01765798643744798
- Morphology
- Sc
- Coordinates
- RA 9.8458° · Dec 2.7979°
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Key facts
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Right ascension
- 00 39 23.0
- Declination
- +02 ° 47 ′ 53 ″
- Type
- SA(r)c
- Apparent size v
- 1.2' × 1.2'
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- spiral galaxy
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Distance from Earth
- 70.73
- Image
- NGC198 - SDSS DR14.jpg
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- catalog code
- LEDA 2371
- galaxy morphological type
- Sc
- Commons category
- NGC 198
- discoverer or inventor
- William Herschel
- time of discovery or invention
- 1790-12-25
- redshift
- 0.017572
- apparent magnitude
- 9.716
- right ascension
- 9.8457750
- declination
- 2.7979306
- radial velocity
- 5222
- epoch
- J2000.0
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Encyclopedic overview
NGC 198 is a spiral galaxy located in the constellation Pisces. It was discovered on December 25, 1790 by William Herschel.
One supernova has been observed in NGC 198: SN 2021adxd (Type II-P, mag. 19.8) was discovered by the Zwicky Transient Facility on 6 November 2021.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “NGC 198” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.