NGC 275 | |
Epoch: | J2000 |
Ra: | [1] |
Constellation Name: | Cetus |
Z: | 0.005817 |
Type: | SBcd |
Appmag V: | 13.16 |
Size V: | 1.5' × 1.1' |
Dist Ly: | 63 Mly[2] |
Notes: | Interacting with NGC 274 |
Names: | MCG -01-03-022, PGC 2984, GC 157, h 70, IRAS 00485-0720. |
NGC 275 is a barred spiral galaxy located approximately 63 million light-years from the Solar System[2] in the constellation Cetus. It is one of a pair of galaxies, the other being NGC 274. It was discovered on October 9, 1828, by John Herschel.[3]
The galaxy was described as "very faint, small, round, southeastern of 2" by John Dreyer in the New General Catalogue, with the other of the two galaxies being NGC 274.