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| NGC 163 | |
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 SDSS image of NGC 163 | |
| Observation data (J2000epoch) | |
| 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 anelliptical galaxy in the constellationCetus. It was discovered byWilliam Herschel in 1890. Seen through an optical telescope it ranges up to 13th magnitude.[citation needed]
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