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NGC 28
NGC 28
	NGC 28 is the elliptical galaxy on the right. NGC 31 is the spiral galaxy on the left. (DECam)
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Phoenix
Right ascension	00h 10m 25.2s
Declination	−56° 59′ 21″
Redshift	0.032156
Heliocentric radial velocity	9640 ± 45 km/s
Apparent magnitude (V)	15.4
Characteristics
Type	E
Apparent size (V)	1.5'
Other designations
	PGC 730

NGC 28 is an elliptical galaxy located in the Phoenix constellation. It was discovered on 28 October 1834 by John Herschel.^[3]

References edit

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 0028. Retrieved 4 May 2010.
^ "NGC 28". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 19 February 2021.
^ Seligman, Courtney. "New General Catalogue objects: NGC 1 - 49". cseligman.com. Retrieved 8 February 2021.

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