NGC 259
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Object NGC 259 is located exactly in the center of the picture.
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NGC 259 - galaxy in the constellation Ceti Type: Sbc - The angular dimensions: 2.90'x0.6' magnitude: V=12.8m; B=13.6m The surface brightness: 13.3 mag/arcmin2 Coordinates for epoch J2000: Ra= 0h48m3.2s; Dec= -2°46'33" redshift (z): 0.013492 The distance from the Sun to NGC 259: based on the amount of redshift (z) - 57.0 Mpc; Other names of the object NGC 259 : PGC 2820, MCG -1-3-15, IRAS 00455-0302
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Nearby objects: NGC 257, NGC 258, NGC 260, NGC 261The full catalog NGC / IC In this version of the NGC catalog used by NASA imagery, ngcicproject.org and other sources.
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