NGC 202

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Galaxy
NGC 202
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with LEDA 1253758 (lu) & LEDA 212573 (r)
with LEDA 1253758 (lu) & LEDA 212573 (r)
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Constellation fishes
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
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  
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

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e SEDS : NGC 202
  3. Seligman