Astronomy:NGC 43
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Short description: Galaxy in the constellation Andromeda
| NGC 43 | |
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 SDSS image of NGC 43 | |
| Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
| Constellation | Andromeda |
| Right ascension | 00h 10m 24.95s |
| Declination | +30° 38′ 14.2″ |
| Redshift | -4785 ± 10 km/s |
| Distance | 65.0 ± 4.6 Mpc (212 ± 15.1 million ly) |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 13.6 |
| Characteristics | |
| Type | SB0 |
| Apparent size (V) | 1.6′ × 1.5' |
| Other designations | |
| UGC 120, PGC 875 | |
NGC 43 is a lenticular galaxy in the Andromeda constellation. It has a diameter of approximately 27 kiloparsecs (88,000 light-years) and was discovered by John Herschel in 1827.[1]
References
- ↑ "NED results for NGC 43". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. http://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/nph-objsearch?objname=NGC+43&extend=no.
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