NGC 477

NGC 477
NGC 477
	SDSS view of NGC 477
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Andromeda
Right ascension	01h 21m 20.39s
Declination	+40° 29′ 17.6″
Redshift	0.019560 ± 0.000033
Heliocentric radial velocity	5807 ± 10 km/s
Distance	250 Mly
Apparent magnitude (V)	13.1
Characteristics
Type	SAB(s)c
Apparent size (V)	1,6′ × 1,1′
Other designations
	PGC 4915, GC 268, UGC 886, MCG +07-03-032 2MASX J01212039+4029176

NGC 477 is a spiral galaxy in the constellation Andromeda.^[1] It is located approximately 250 million light-years from Earth and was discovered on October 18, 1786 by astronomer William Herschel.^[2]^[3]

One supernova has been observed in NGC 477: SN 2002jy (type Ia, mag. 16.3).^[4]

References[edit]

^ "Revised NGC Data for NGC 477". spider.seds.org. Retrieved 2017-10-05.
^ "New General Catalog Objects: NGC 450 - 499". cseligman.com. Retrieved 2017-10-05.
^ "Your NED Search Results". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2017-10-05.
^ Transient Name Server entry for SN 2002jy. Retrieved 2 April 2023.

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NGC	NGC 472 NGC 473 NGC 474 NGC 475 NGC 476 NGC 477 NGC 478 NGC 479 NGC 480 NGC 481 NGC 482
PGC	PGC 4911 PGC 4912 PGC 4913 PGC 4914 PGC 4915 PGC 4916 PGC 4917 PGC 4918 PGC 4919
UGC	UGC 882 UGC 883 UGC 884 UGC 885 UGC 886 UGC 887 UGC 888 UGC 889 UGC 890
GC	GC 263 GC 264 GC 265 GC 266 GC 267 GC 268 GC 269 GC 270 GC 271 GC 272 GC 273