Astronomy:NGC 191A

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Short description: Lenticular galaxy in the constellation Cetus
NGC 191A
NGC191 - IC1563 - SDSS DR14.png
SDSS image of NGC 191A (below) and NGC 191 (above)
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
ConstellationCetus
Right ascension 00h 39m 00.2s[1]
Declination−09° 00′ 52″[1]
Redshift6131 km/s[1]
Helio radial velocity0.020452[1]
Distance290.82 ± 35.34 Mly (89.167 ± 10.835 Mpc)[1]
Apparent magnitude (B)15[2]
Characteristics
TypeS0 pec[1]
Apparent size (V)0.83′ × 0.43′[1]
Other designations
IC 1563, MCG-02-02-076, PGC 2332[2]

NGC 191A[1][3] (also PGC 2332, IC 1563, MCG -2-2-76 of ARP 127) is a lenticular galaxy in the constellation Cetus.

In 2006 a supernova was discovered in this galaxy and was designated SN 2006ej.[4]

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