NGC 274

NGC 274 is a lenticular galaxy in the constellation Cetus. It is a pair of galaxies, the other being NGC 275, which it is currently interacting with. It was discovered on September 10, 1785 by William Herschel.^[2] It is roughly 120 million light-years away.

NGC 274 and NGC 275 with Hubble Wide Field Camera 3

NGC 274
NGC 274 with its companion, NGC 275 (image taken by SDSS)
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Cetus
Right ascension	00h 51m 01.8s[1]
Declination	−07° 03′ 25″[1]
Redshift	0.005837[1]
Apparent magnitude (V)	12.80[1]
Characteristics
Type	S0[1]
Apparent size (V)	1.5' × 1.5'[1]
Other designations
MCG-01-03-021, Arp 140, PGC 2980.[1]