NGC 420

NGC 420
NGC 420
	DECam image of NGC 420
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Pisces
Right ascension	01h 12m 09.6s
Declination	+32° 07′ 23″
Redshift	0.016712
Heliocentric radial velocity	5,010 km/s
Distance	207.87 ± 35.12 Mly (63.733 ± 10.768 Mpc)
Apparent magnitude (V)	13.09
Absolute magnitude (V)	-22.73
Characteristics
Type	S0
Apparent size (V)	2.0' × 2.0'
Other designations
	UGC 00752, CGCG 501-127, CGCG 502-003, MCG +05-03-083, 2MASX J01120966+3207233, PGC 4320.

NGC 420 is a lenticular galaxy of type S0 located in the constellation Pisces. It was discovered on September 12, 1784 by William Herschel. It was described by Dreyer as "faint, pretty small, round, brighter middle."^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 0420. Retrieved September 2, 2016.
^ "New General Catalog Objects: NGC 400 - 449". Cseligman. Retrieved February 24, 2017.

External links

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[ned-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 0420. Retrieved September 2, 2016.

[2] "New General Catalog Objects: NGC 400 - 449". Cseligman. Retrieved February 24, 2017.

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