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Galaxy in the constellation Andromeda From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The New General Catalogue object NGC 48 is a barred spiral galaxy located approximately 79.3 million light-years from the Solar System[2] in the constellation Andromeda.
NGC 48 | |
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Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
Constellation | Andromeda |
Right ascension | 00h 14m 02.2s[1] |
Declination | +48° 14′ 05″[1] |
Redshift | 0.005924[1] |
Heliocentric radial velocity | 1776 ± 8 km/s[1] |
Distance | 79.3 Mly[2] |
Apparent magnitude (V) | 14.4[1] |
Characteristics | |
Type | SABbc[1] |
Apparent size (V) | 1.4' x 0.9'[1] |
Other designations | |
PGC 929 |
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