NGC 213

NGC 213 is a barred spiral galaxy located in the constellation Pisces. It was discovered on October 14, 1784, by William Herschel.^[2]

NGC 213
SDSS image of NGC 213
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Pisces
Right ascension	00h 41m 10.0s[1]
Declination	+16° 28′ 9.8″[1]
Redshift	0.018166[1]
Distance	245.7 ± 17.2 Mly (75.32 ± 5.28 Mpc)[1]
Apparent magnitude (V)	14.23[1]
Characteristics
Type	SB(rs)a[1]
Apparent size (V)	1.7' × 1.4'[1]
Other designations
IRAS F00384+1611, 2MASX J00411000+1628101, UGC 436, MCG +03-02-023, PGC 2469, CGCG 457-026[1]

According to the SIMBAD database, NGC 213 is an Active Galaxy Nucleus Candidate, i.e. it has a compact region at the center of a galaxy that emits a significant amount of energy across the electromagnetic spectrum, with characteristics indicating that this luminosity is not produced by the stars.^[3]

One supernova has been observed in NGC 213: SN 2020bqm (type Ia, mag. 18.4).^[4]

See also

• List of NGC objects (1–1000)