| UGC 480 | |
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 UGC 480 (right) interacting with PGC 2726 Credit: Adam Block/Mount Lemmon SkyCenter/University of Arizona | |
| Observation data (J2000epoch) | |
| Constellation | Andromeda |
| Right ascension | 00h 46m 32.0s[1] |
| Declination | +36° 19′ 32″[1] |
| Redshift | 0.037426[1] |
| Distance | ~500Mly[2] |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 13.50[1] |
| Apparent magnitude (B) | 13.6[3] |
| Characteristics | |
| Type | S[1] |
| Apparent size (V) | 1.5' × 1.2'[1] |
| Other designations | |
| UGC 480, UGC 480 W,CGCG 519-021,MCG +06-02-016, VV 527A, KPG 16A,2MASX J00463200+3619318, 2MASXi J0046319+361932,IRAS 00438+3603, F00437+3603,PGC 2720.[1] | |
NGC 218, also known asUGC 480, is aspiral galaxy located approximately 500 millionlight-years from theSun[2] in the constellationAndromeda. It was discovered on October 17, 1876 byÉdouard Stephan, and is interacting with the galaxyPGC 2726.[4]
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