NGC 163

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NGC 163
NGC163 - SDSS DR14.jpg
SDSS image of NGC 163
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation Cetus
Right ascension 00h 35m 59.840s [1]
Declination −10° 07 18.32 [1]
Redshift 0.019954 [2]
Heliocentric radial velocity 5982 [2]
Distance 228.64 ± 53.13  Mly (70.100 ± 16.291  Mpc) [2]
Apparent magnitude  (V)12.70 [3]
Apparent magnitude  (B)13.64 [3]
Characteristics
Type E0 [2]
Size103,000  ly (31,570  pc) [2] [note 1]
Apparent size  (V)1.19 × 1.11 [2]
Other designations
MGC-02-02-066, PGC 2149 [3]

NGC 163 is an elliptical galaxy in the constellation Cetus. It was discovered by William Herschel in 1890. Seen through an optical telescope it ranges up to 13th magnitude.[ citation needed ]

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Notes

  1. RC3 D_25; R_25 (blue) values used.

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