NGC 79 | |
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![]() SDSS image of NGC 79 | |
Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
Constellation | Andromeda |
Right ascension | 00h 21m 02.838s [1] |
Declination | +22° 33′ 59.06″ [1] |
Redshift | 0.018326 [2] |
Heliocentric radial velocity | 5444 km/s [2] |
Distance | 272.54 ± 0.75 Mly (83.56 ± 0.23 Mpc) [3] |
Apparent magnitude (B) | 15.16 [4] |
Characteristics | |
Type | cE [4] |
Other designations | |
MCG +04-02-003, PGC 1340 [2] |
NGC 79 is an elliptical galaxy estimated to be about 270 million light-years [3] away in the constellation of Andromeda. NGC 79 is its New General Catalogue designation. Its apparent magnitude is 14.9. It was discovered on 14 November 1884 by Guillaume Bigourdan. [5]