NGC 468 is a spiral galaxy in the constellation Pisces. Located approximately 209 million light-years from Earth, it was discovered by John Frederick William Herschel in 1827.[4][5]
| NGC 468 | |
|---|---|
 SDSS image of NGC 468 | |
| Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
| Constellation | Pisces |
| Right ascension | 01h 19m 48.50s[1] |
| Declination | +32° 46′ 04.0″[1] |
| Redshift | 0.016908[2] |
| Heliocentric radial velocity | 5026 ± 85 km/s[2] |
| Distance | 229.6 ± 16.2 Mly (70.41 ± 4.96 Mpc)[1] |
| Apparent magnitude (B) | 15.19[3] |
| Characteristics | |
| Type | S0-a[3] |
| Other designations | |
| IC 92, MCG +05-04-020, PGC 4780[2] | |
See also edit
References edit
- ^ a b c "Results for object NGC 0468 (NGC 468)". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. California Institute of Technology. Retrieved 2021-02-23.
- ^ a b c "NGC 468". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2021-02-23.
- ^ a b "Search specification: NGC 468". HyperLeda. Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1. Retrieved 2021-02-23.
- ^ "Revised NGC Data for NGC 468". spider.seds.org. Retrieved 2017-08-12.
- ^ "NGC 468 - Galaxy - SKY-MAP". news.sky-map.org. Retrieved 2017-08-12.
External links edit
Media related to NGC 468 at Wikimedia Commons- Deep Sky Catalog
- SEDS
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