NGC 274
Appearance
NGC 274 | |
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![]() NGC 274 with its companion, NGC 275 (image taken by SDSS) | |
Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
Constellation | Cetus |
Right ascension | 00h 51m 01.8s[1] |
Declination | −07° 03′ 25″[1] |
Redshift | 0.005837[1] |
Apparent magnitude (V) | 12.80[1] |
Characteristics | |
Type | S0[1] |
Apparent size (V) | 1.5' × 1.5'[1] |
Other designations | |
MCG-01-03-021, Arp 140, PGC 2980.[1] |
NGC 274 is a lenticular galaxy in the constellation Cetus. It is a pair of galaxies, the other being NGC 275, which it is currently interacting with. It was discovered on September 10, 1785 by William Herschel.[2] It is roughly 120 million light-years away.
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/NGC_274_NGC_275_HST_WFC3_UVIS.jpg/220px-NGC_274_NGC_275_HST_WFC3_UVIS.jpg)
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g "NED results for object NGC 0274". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. Retrieved September 2, 2016.
- ^ "New General Catalog Objects: NGC 250 - 299". Cseligman. Retrieved October 15, 2016.
External links
[edit]Media related to NGC 274 at Wikimedia Commons
- Type II supernova 2018cdc in NGC 274