NGC 280
| Galaxy NGC 280 |
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![NGC 280 with LEDA 1705984 (lo) & LEDA 1704771 (lu) [1] SDSS image](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:NGC280_-_SDSS_DR14.jpg)
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| NGC 280 with LEDA 1705984 (lo) & LEDA 1704771 (lu) SDSS image | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Andromeda |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 00 h 52 m 30.26 s |
| declination | + 24 ° 21 ′ 02.1 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB? |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.5 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.3 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.7 ′ × 1.1 ′ |
| Position angle | 95 ° |
| Surface brightness | 14.0 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.033707 ± 0.000033 |
| Radial velocity | 10,105 ± 10 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(458 ± 32) · 10 6 ly (140.4 ± 9.8) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | December 5, 1785 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 280 • UGC 534 • PGC 3076 • CGCG 480-017 • MCG + 04-03-013 • IRAS 00498 + 2404 • 2MASX J00523026 + 2421022 • GC 160 • H III 477 • h 72 • 2MASS J00523027 + 2421020 • NVSS J005229 + 242058 | |
NGC 280 is a barred spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBb in the constellation Andromeda in the northern sky . It is an estimated 458 million light years away from the Milky Way and about 225,000 light years in diameter.
The object was discovered on December 5, 1785 by the German-British astronomer Wilhelm Herschel .