Astronomical data · SIMBAD
- Object type
- EmG
- Redshift
- z = 0.013721897603705457
- Morphology
- Sb
- Coordinates
- RA 11.5225° · Dec -1.7234°
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Key facts
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Right ascension
- 00 46 05.4
- Declination
- −01 ° 43 ′ 24 ″
- Type
- Sb
- Apparent size v
- 1.4' × 1.2'
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Wikidata facts
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Distance from Earth
- 56.5
- Image
- NGC 0245 SDSS.jpg
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- discoverer or inventor
- William Herschel
- catalog code
- LEDA 2691
- redshift
- 0.013589
- time of discovery or invention
- 1785-10-01
- apparent magnitude
- 9.656
- galaxy morphological type
- S
- Commons category
- NGC 245
- right ascension
- 11.5224792
- declination
- -1.7233917
- radial velocity
- 4220
- epoch
- J2000.0
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Encyclopedic overview
NGC 245 is a spiral galaxy located in the constellation Cetus. It was discovered on October 1, 1785 by William Herschel.
References
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “NGC 245” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.