NGC 203
| Galaxy NGC 203 / NGC 211 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | fishes |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 00 h 39 m 39.5 s |
| declination | + 03 ° 26 ′ 34 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0 ^ 0 ^ pec: |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.1 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.1 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.90 ′ × 0.3 ′ |
| Position angle | 85 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.6 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.017415 ± 0.000133 |
| Radial velocity | 5221 ± 40 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(238 ± 17) x 10 6 ly (72.9 ± 5.1) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Ralph Copeland Edouard Stephan |
| Discovery date | December 19, 1873 November 18, 1876 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 203/211 • PGC 2393 • CGCG 383-061 • MCG + 00-02-114 • 2MASX J00393952 + 0326345 • GC 5113 • GALEX ASC J003939.52 + 032635.3 • LDCE 36 NED006 | |
NGC 203 = NGC 211 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0 / a in the constellation Pisces on the ecliptic. It is an estimated 238 million light years from the Milky Way and about 60,000 light years across.
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 193 , NGC 199 , NGC 202 , NGC 204 .
The object was discovered on December 19, 1873 by the Scottish astronomer Ralph Copeland . Édouard Jean-Marie Stephan observed the same galaxy on November 18, 1876. The double observation was not recognized and so it was given the designation NGC 211 .
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