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Elliptical galaxy in the constellation Andromeda

NGC 79

NGC 79
All data from the card 8
Constellation
Andromeda
Right ascension
00h 21m 02.838s
Declination
+22° 33′ 59.06″
Redshift
0.018326
Heliocentric radial velocity
5444 km/s
Distance
272.54 ± 0.75 Mly (83.56 ± 0.23 Mpc)
Apparent magnitude (B)
15.16
Type
cE
NGC 79 (near-infrared)
NGC 79 (near-infrared)

NGC 79 is an elliptical galaxy estimated to be about 270 million light-years away in the constellation of Andromeda. NGC 79 is its New General Catalogue designation. Its apparent magnitude is 14.9. It was discovered on 14 November 1884 by Guillaume Bigourdan.

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