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Elliptical galaxy in the constellation Andromeda

NGC 83

NGC 83
All data from the card 11
Constellation
Andromeda
Right ascension
00h 21m 22.399s
Declination
+22° 26′ 01.11″
Redshift
0.020514
Heliocentric radial velocity
6,150±16 km/s
Distance
289.42 ± 25.92 Mly (88.736 ± 7.948 Mpc)
Apparent magnitude (V)
13.33
Apparent magnitude (B)
14.3
Type
E
Size
138,400 ly (42.42 kpc)
Apparent size (V)
1.5′ × 1.5′

NGC 83 is an elliptical galaxy estimated to be about 260 million light-years away in the constellation of Andromeda. It was discovered by British astronomer John Herschel on 17 August 1828, and its apparent magnitude is 14.2.

Supernovae

Two supernovae have been observed in NGC 83:

  • SN 2016eoa (Type Ia, mag. 19.3) was discovered by POSS on 2 August 2016.
  • SN 2025wwk (Type Ia, mag. 17.75) was discovered by the Xingming Observatory Sky Survey (XOSS) on 3 September 2025.

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