NGC 274

NGC 274
NGC 274
	NGC 274 with its companion, NGC 275 (image taken by SDSS)
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Cetus
Right ascension	00h 51m 01.8s
Declination	−07° 03′ 25″
Redshift	0.005837
Apparent magnitude (V)	12.80
Characteristics
Type	S0
Apparent size (V)	1.5' × 1.5'
Other designations
	MCG-01-03-021, Arp 140, PGC 2980.

NGC 274 is a lenticular galaxy in the constellation Cetus. It is a pair of galaxies, the other being NGC 275, which it is currently interacting with. It was discovered on September 10, 1785 by William Herschel.^[2] It is roughly 120 million light-years away.

References[]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "NED results for object NGC 0274". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. Retrieved September 2, 2016.
^ "New General Catalog Objects: NGC 250 - 299". Cseligman. Retrieved October 15, 2016.

External links[]

Media related to NGC 274 at Wikimedia Commons
Type II supernova 2018cdc in NGC 274

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[ned-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "NED results for object NGC 0274". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. Retrieved September 2, 2016.

[2] "New General Catalog Objects: NGC 250 - 299". Cseligman. Retrieved October 15, 2016.

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