NGC 449

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]

NGC 449
NGC 449 as seen by the Hubble Space Telescope
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
ConstellationPisces
Right ascension 01h 16m 07.2s[1]
Declination+33° 05 22[1]
Redshift0.015946[1]
Helio radial velocity4,780 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]

References

  1. "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 0449. Retrieved September 2, 2016.
  2. "New General Catalog Objects: NGC 400 - 449". Cseligman. Retrieved April 23, 2017.
  • Media related to NGC 449 at Wikimedia Commons


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