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NGC 60

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Right ascension
  
00 15 58.28

Redshift
  
0.039452

Type
  
Sc

Constellation
  
Pisces

Declination
  
−00° 18′ 12.7″

Helio radial velocity
  
11,827 ± 27 km/s

Magnitude
  
14.85

Apparent magnitude (V)
  
14.85

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Distance
  
~500 Mly (Redshift-based)

Similar
  
NGC 57, NGC 52, NGC 38, NGC 53, NGC 36

NGC 60 is an Sc type spiral galaxy in the Pisces constellation. NGC 60 is noticed for its unusually distorted spiral arms, which are commonly due to gravitational effects of neighboring galaxies, but there are no galaxies around NGC 60 to allow this.

References

NGC 60 Wikipedia


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