NGC 449

NGC 449
NGC 449 as seen by the Hubble Space Telescope
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation Pisces
Right ascension 01h 16m 07.2s[1]
Declination +33° 05 22[1]
Redshift 0.015946[1]
Helio radial velocity 4,780 km/s[1]
Apparent magnitude (V) 15.01[1]
Absolute magnitude (V) -20.37[1]
Characteristics
Type (R')S?[1]
Apparent size (V) 0.8' × 0.5'[1]
Other designations
MRK 0001, CGCG 502-018, MCG +05-04-009, 2MASX J01160722+3305218, 2MASXi J0116072+330521, IRAS 01133+3249, PGC 4587.[1]

NGC 449 is a spiral galaxy of type (R')S? located in the constellation Pisces. It was discovered on November 11, 1881 by Édouard Stephan. It was described by Dreyer as "very faint, very small, round, very little brighter middle, very faint star involved."[2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 0448. Retrieved September 2, 2016.
  2. "New General Catalog Objects: NGC 400 - 449". Cseligman. Retrieved April 23, 2017.
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