Right ascension 00:14:34.8 Redshift 0.017849 Type S0/a Constellation Andromeda | Declination +48:15:22° Helio radial velocity 5350 km/s Magnitude 13.1 Apparent magnitude (V) 13.1 | |
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Distance 241,000,000Ly (74,000,000Parsecs) Similar NGC 49, NGC 48, NGC 43, NGC 27, NGC 72 | ||
NGC 51 is a lenticular galaxy in the constellation Andromeda. It has a diameter of 90,000 light-years. The galaxy was discovered on September 7, 1885 by Lewis Swift, who described it as "Pretty faint, pretty small, round, brighter middle."
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