Right ascension 00 14 44.6 Redshift 0.019016 Type E5 Constellation Cetus | Declination −07° 20′ 42″ Helio radial velocity 5700 km/s Magnitude 12 Apparent magnitude (V) 12 | |
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Distance 257,000,000ly(75,000,000Parsecs) Similar NGC 54, NGC 47, NGC 73, NGC 59, NGC 77 | ||
NGC 50 is an elliptical galaxy in the constellation Cetus with a diameter of 170,000 light-year's. It was discovered in 1865 by Gaspare Ferrari. The galaxy is, in comparison to the Milky Way, about 1.5-2 times as large. It is also physically close to NGC 49.
Other names for NGC 50 are MCG -1-1-58 and PGC 983.
References
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