NGC 244
| Galaxy NGC 244 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | whale |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 00 h 45 m 46.4 s |
| declination | -15 ° 35 ′ 49 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0 pec? |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.9 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.9 likes |
| Angular expansion | 1 ′, 2 × 1 ′, 0 |
| Position angle | 50 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.0 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.003140 ± 0.000021 |
| Radial velocity | 941 ± 6 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(44 ± 3) x 10 6 ly (13.4 ± 0.9) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | FW Herschel |
| Discovery date | December 30, 1785 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 244 • UGC UGCA 10 • PGC 2675 • MCG -03-03-003 • 2MASX J00454643-1535487 • VV 728 • GC 129 • H III 485 • h 55 14 • HARO | |
NGC 244 is a lenticular galaxy in the constellation whale , an estimated 44 million light-years from the Milky Way is removed.
The galaxy was discovered on December 30, 1785 by the German-British astronomer Friedrich Wilhelm Herschel .