NGC 240
| Galaxy NGC 240 |
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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 45 m 01.9 s |
| declination | + 06 ° 06 ′ 48 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0 / a |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.7 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.6 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.2 ′ × 1.2 ′ |
| Surface brightness | 14.0 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.040825 ± 0.000173 |
| Radial velocity | 12,239 ± 52 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(552 ± 39) · 10 6 ly (169.1 ± 11.9) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Lewis A. Swift |
| Discovery date | October 22, 1886 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 240 • UGC 473 • PGC 2653 • CGCG 410-003 • MCG + 01-03-001 • 2MASX J00450192 + 0606482 • NSA 127662 | |
NGC 240 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0 / a in the constellation Pisces on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 552 million light years from the Milky Way and about 195,000 ly in diameter.
The object was discovered by Lewis A. Swift on October 22, 1886 .
Web links
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