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Also known as New General Catalogue 148

lenticular galaxy in the constellation Sculptor

Key facts

Constellation
Sculptor
Right ascension
00 34 15.5
Declination
−31 ° 47 ′ 10 ″
Heliocentric radial velocity
1516 km/s
Distance
85.56 M ly
Type
S0
Apparent size v
1.463' x 0.556'

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Distance from Earth
20.51
Image
NGC 148 DECam.jpg
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catalog code
Gaia DR2 2317220927337286016
galaxy morphological type
S0
time of discovery or invention
1834-09-27
redshift
0.005057
apparent magnitude
9.055
right ascension
8.56457403047230
declination
-31.78600195780140
radial velocity
1684
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NGC 148
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NGC 148 (also known as PGC 2035) is a lenticular galaxy located in the constellation Sculptor. It is about 40,000 light years across. It is in a group of three galaxies along with MCG-5-2-16 and IC 1555. It is a Shapley-Ames galaxy.

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