NGC 204
| Galaxy NGC 204 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | fishes |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 00 h 39 m 44.33 s |
| declination | + 03 ° 17 ′ 58.2 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SA (s) 0 ^ 0 ^ / pec: |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.0 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.0 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.2 ′ × 1.1 ′ |
| Position angle | 30 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.2 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.017986 ± 0.000123 |
| Radial velocity | 5392 ± 37 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(245 ± 17) · 10 6 ly (75.2 ± 5.3) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | October 16, 1827 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 204 • UGC 423 • PGC 2397 • CGCG 383-063 • MCG + 00-02-116 • 2MASX J00394426 + 0317585 • GC 101 • h 42 • GALEX ASC J003944.16 + 031757.7 • LDCE 36 NED007 | |
NGC 204 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0 in the constellation Pisces on the ecliptic . It is an estimated 245 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 85,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies NGC 193 , NGC 199 , NGC 203 , NGC 211 .
The object was discovered on October 16, 1827 by the British astronomer John Herschel .
Web links
Commons : NGC 204 - collection of images, videos, and audio files
