NGC 468

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NGC 468
NGC468 - SDSS DR14.jpg
SDSS image of NGC 468
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation Pisces
Right ascension 01h 19m 48.50s [1]
Declination +32° 46′ 04.0″ [1]
Redshift 0.016908 [2]
Heliocentric radial velocity 5026 ± 85 km/s [2]
Distance 229.6 ± 16.2  Mly (70.41 ± 4.96  Mpc) [1]
Apparent magnitude  (B)15.19 [3]
Characteristics
Type S0-a [3]
Other designations
IC 92, MCG +05-04-020, PGC 4780 [2]

NGC 468 is a spiral galaxy in the constellation Pisces. Located approximately 209 million light-years from Earth, it was discovered by John Frederick William Herschel in 1827. [4] [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Results for object NGC 0468 (NGC 468)". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. California Institute of Technology. Retrieved 2021-02-23.
  2. 1 2 3 "NGC 468". SIMBAD . Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg . Retrieved 2021-02-23.
  3. 1 2 "Search specification: NGC 468". HyperLeda. Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1. Retrieved 2021-02-23.
  4. ↑ "Revised NGC Data for NGC 468". spider.seds.org. Retrieved 2017-08-12.
  5. ↑ "NGC 468 - Galaxy - SKY-MAP". news.sky-map.org. Retrieved 2017-08-12.


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