NGC 471 is a lenticular galaxy located about 168 million light-years away from Earth in the constellation Pisces. It was discovered by the German astronomer Albert Marth on November 3, 1864.[5][6]

NGC 471
SDSS image of NGC 471
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
ConstellationPisces
Right ascension01h 19m 59.59494s[1]
Declination+14° 47′ 10.4016″[1]
Redshift0.013750[2]
Heliocentric radial velocity4094 ± 22 km/s[2]
Distance184.0 ± 13.0 Mly (56.40 ± 3.98 Mpc)[3]
Apparent magnitude (V)13.32[4]
Apparent magnitude (B)14.17[4]
Characteristics
TypeS0[3]
Other designations
UGC 861, MCG +02-04-024, PGC 4793[2]
NGC 471 (SDSS)

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References

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  1. ^ a b Brown, A. G. A.; et al. (Gaia collaboration) (August 2018). "Gaia Data Release 2: Summary of the contents and survey properties". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 616. A1. arXiv:1804.09365. Bibcode:2018A&A...616A...1G. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201833051. Gaia DR2 record for this source at VizieR.
  2. ^ a b c "NGC 471". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2021-02-21.
  3. ^ a b "Results for object NGC 0471 (NGC 471)". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. California Institute of Technology. Retrieved 2021-02-21.
  4. ^ a b "Search specification: NGC 471". HyperLeda. Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1. Retrieved 2021-02-21.
  5. ^ Ford, Dominic. "The galaxy NGC 471". in-the-sky.org. Retrieved 2017-09-08.
  6. ^ "NGC 471". Retrieved 2017-09-08.
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