Right ascension 00 52 04.3 Redshift 0.00209 Distance 38.5 Mly(11.8 Mpc) Magnitude 11.5 Apparent magnitude (V) 11.5 | Declination +47° 33′ 02″ Helio radial velocity 627 ± 1 km/s Type SAB(rs)b | |
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Similar NGC 129, NGC 103, NGC 133, NGC 189, NGC 225 | ||
NGC 278 is a spiral galaxy (barred for some authors) in the constellation Cassiopeia. It has a H II nucleus.
Characteristics
NGC 278 is a small and compact high-surface brightness galaxy with high star formation rate taking place in an inner ring with a radius of 2 kiloparsecs, that may have been triggered by the merger with a smaller companion.
References
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