NGC 208
| Galaxy NGC 208 |
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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 40 m 17.6 s |
| declination | + 02 ° 45 ′ 23 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SA (r) a? |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.5 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.4 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.7 ′ × 0.7 ′ |
| Surface brightness | 13.6 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.017072 ± 0.000160 |
| Radial velocity | 5118 ± 48 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(233 ± 13) x 10 6 ly (71.4 ± 4.0) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Albert Marth |
| Discovery date | October 5, 1863 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 208 • PGC 2420 • CGCG 383-064 • MCG + 00-02-118 • 2MASX J00401757 + 0245235 • GC 5114 • GALEX ASC J004017.57 + 024523.6 | |
NGC 208 is a spiral galaxy from the Hubble type Sa in the constellation fish on the ecliptic . It is an estimated 233 million light years away 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 194 , NGC 198 , NGC 200 , IC 40 .
The object was discovered on October 5, 1863 by the German astronomer Albert Marth .
Web links
Commons : NGC 208 - collection of images, videos, and audio files
