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Lenticular galaxy in the constellation Andromeda From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
NGC 49 is a lenticular galaxy in the Andromeda constellation. The galaxy was discovered by the American astronomer Lewis A. Swift on September 7, 1885.[3]
NGC 49 | |
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Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
Constellation | Andromeda |
Right ascension | 00h 14m 22.4s[1] |
Declination | +48° 14′ 48″[1] |
Redshift | 0.015924[1] |
Heliocentric radial velocity | (+4774 ± 24) km/s[1] |
Distance | 225 ± 16 Mly (69.0 ± 4.9 Mpc) |
Apparent magnitude (V) | +14.1[2] |
Apparent magnitude (B) | +15.1[2] |
Characteristics | |
Type | S0?[1] |
Apparent size (V) | 1.1′ × 1.0′[1] |
Other designations | |
CGCG 549-029, MCG+08-01-033, PGC 952, UGC 136 |
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