NGC 471

NGC 471 is a lenticular galaxy located about 168 million Light-years away from Earth in the constellation Pisces. It was discovered by German astronomer Albert Marth on November 3, 1864.[2][3]

NGC 471
SDSS recording of NGC 471.
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
ConstellationPisces
Right ascension01h 19m 59.62s
Declination14° 47 10.7
Redshift0.013800[1]
Distance168 Mly
Apparent magnitude (V)13.2
Characteristics
TypeS0
Apparent size (V)0.4' × 0.3'

See also

References

  1. "Your NED Search Results". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2017-11-03.
  2. Ford, Dominic. "The galaxy NGC 471". in-the-sky.org. Retrieved 2017-09-08.
  3. "NGC 471". Retrieved 2017-09-08.
  • Media related to NGC 471 at Wikimedia Commons


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