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Galaxy in the constellation Pisces From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
NGC 204 is an unbarred lenticular galaxy located approximately 241 million light-years from the Solar System[2] in the constellation Pisces. It was discovered on December 21, 1786 by William Herschel.[3]
NGC 204 | |
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Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
Constellation | Pisces |
Right ascension | 00h 39m 44.3s[1] |
Declination | +03° 17′ 58″[1] |
Redshift | 0.017986[1] |
Distance | 241 Mly[2] |
Apparent magnitude (V) | 13.8[1] |
Characteristics | |
Type | SA00(s) pec:[1] |
Apparent size (V) | 1.2' × 1.1'[1] |
Other designations | |
UGC 423, CGCG 383-063, MCG +00-02-116, 2MASX J00394426+0317585, PGC 2397.[1] |
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