NGC 202
| Galaxy NGC 202 |
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| with LEDA 1253758 (lu) & LEDA 212573 (r) | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | fishes |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 00 h 39 m 39.8 s |
| declination | + 03 ° 32 ′ 11 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB (s) 0+? |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.6 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.5 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.9 ′ × 0.3 ′ |
| Position angle | 153 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.1 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.013316 ± 0.000110 |
| Radial velocity | 3992 ± 33 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(183 ± 13) · 10 6 ly (56.0 ± 3.9) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Édouard Stephan |
| Discovery date | November 17, 1876 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 202 • UGC 421 • PGC 2394 • CGCG 383-062 • MCG + 00-02-113 • 2MASX J00393985 + 0332105 • GC 5112 • LDCE 34 NED009 | |
NGC 202 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0 / a in the constellation Pisces on the ecliptic . It is an estimated 183 million light years from the Milky Way and about 50,000 light years in diameter.
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 193 , NGC 199 , NGC 203 , NGC 204 .
The object was discovered on November 17, 1876 by the French astronomer Édouard Stephan .
Web links
Commons : NGC 202 - collection of images, videos, and audio files
