NGC 163

NGC 163 is an elliptical galaxy in the constellation Cetus. It was discovered by William Herschel in 1890. Seen through an optical telescope it ranges up to 13th magnitude.^{[citation needed]}

NGC 163
SDSS image of NGC 163
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
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]

Notes

1. RC3 D_25; R_25 (blue) values used.