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NGC 163 | |
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Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
Constellation | Cetus |
Right ascension | 00h 35m 59.840s[1] |
Declination | −10° 07′ 18.32″[1] |
Redshift | 0.019954[2] |
Heliocentric radial velocity | 5982[2] |
Distance | 228.64 ± 53.13 Mly (70.100 ± 16.291 Mpc)[2] |
Apparent magnitude (V) | 12.70[3] |
Apparent magnitude (B) | 13.64[3] |
Characteristics | |
Type | E0[2] |
Size | 103,000 ly (31,570 pc)[2][note 1] |
Apparent size (V) | 1.19′ × 1.11′[2] |
Other designations | |
MGC-02-02-066, PGC 2149[3] |
NGC 163 is an elliptical galaxy in the constellation Cetus. It was discovered by William Herschel in 1890. Seen through an optical telescope it ranges up to 13th magnitude.[citation needed]