| NGC 709 | |
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 Pan-STARRS image of NGC 709 | |
| Observation data (J2000epoch) | |
| Constellation | Andromeda |
| Right ascension | 01h 52m 50.6s[1] |
| Declination | 36° 13′ 24″[1] |
| Redshift | 0.011928[1] |
| Heliocentric radial velocity | 3576 km/s[1] |
| Distance | 150 Mly (45 Mpc)[1] |
| Group orcluster | Abell 262 |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 15.23[1] |
| Characteristics | |
| Type | S0[1] |
| Size | ~46,000 ly (14 kpc) (estimated)[1] |
| Apparent size (V) | 0.6 x 0.3[1] |
| Other designations | |
| PGC 006969[1] | |
NGC 709 is alenticular galaxy located 150 millionlight-years away[2] in theconstellationAndromeda. It was discovered by the Irish engineer and astronomerBindon Blood Stoney on October 28, 1850[3] and is a member of thegalaxy clusterAbell 262.[4][5][6][7][8][9]
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