| NGC 275 | |
|---|---|
 NGC 275 (left) with NGC 274 (right) (image taken by Hubble Space Telescope) | |
| Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
| Constellation | Cetus |
| Right ascension | 00h 51m 04.2s [1] |
| Declination | −07° 04′ 00″ [1] |
| Redshift | 0.005817 [1] |
| Distance | 63 Mly [2] |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 13.16 [1] |
| Characteristics | |
| Type | SBcd [1] |
| Apparent size (V) | 1.5' × 1.1' [1] |
| Notable features | Interacting with NGC 274 |
| Other designations | |
| MCG -01-03-022, PGC 2984, GC 157, h 70, IRAS 00485-0720. [1] | |
NGC 275 is a barred spiral galaxy located approximately 63 million light-years from the Solar System [2] in the constellation Cetus. It is one of a pair of galaxies, the other being NGC 274. It was discovered on October 9, 1828, by John Herschel. [3]
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The galaxy was described as "very faint, small, round, southeastern of 2" by John Dreyer in the New General Catalogue, with the other of the two galaxies being NGC 274. [3]
