NGC 234
| Galaxy NGC 234 |
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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 43 m 32.4 s |
| declination | + 14 ° 20 ′ 33 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SAB (rs) c |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.6 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.3 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.6 ′ × 1.3 ′ |
| Position angle | 54 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.1 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | isolated |
| Redshift | 0.014877 ± 0.000003 |
| Radial velocity | 4460 ± 1 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(205 ± 14) · 10 6 ly (62.8 ± 4.4) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | October 14, 1784 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 234 • UGC 463 • PGC 2600 • CGCG 434-032 • 435-001 • MCG + 02-02-028 • IRAS 00409 + 1404 • 2MASX J00433238 + 1420334 • GC 125 • H II 245 • | |
| HIPASS J0043 + 14 | |
NGC 234 is a barred spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBc in the constellation Pisces on the ecliptic . It is an estimated 205 million light years away from the Milky Way and about 89,000 light years in diameter.
The object was discovered on October 14, 1784 by the German-British astronomer Wilhelm Herschel .