NGC 171

NGC 171 is a barred spiral galaxy with an apparent magnitude of 12, located around 200 million light-years away in the constellation Cetus. The galaxy has two main medium-wound arms, with a few minor arms, and a fairly bright nucleus and bulge. It was discovered on 20 October 1784 by William Herschel.^[3] It is also known as NGC 175.^[3]

NGC 171
NGC 171 as seen on SDSS
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Cetus
Right ascension	00h 37m 21.5s[1]
Declination	−19° 56′ 03″[1]
Redshift	0.013043[1]
Apparent magnitude (V)	12.90[1]
Characteristics
Type	SBb[1][2]
Apparent size (V)	2.1' × 1.9'[1]
Other designations
ESO 540- G 006, MCG -03-02-024, 2MASX J00372152-1956032, 2MASXi J0037129-195609, IRAS 00348-2012, IRAS F00348-2012, ESO-LV 5400060, 6dF J0037125-195603, PGC 2232.[1]

See also

• List of NGC objects (1–1000)