NGC 275

NGC 275 is a barred spiral galaxy located approximately 63 million light-years from the Solar System^[2] in the constellation Cetus. It is one of a pair of galaxies, the other being NGC 274. It was discovered on October 9, 1828, by John Herschel.^[3]

NGC 275
NGC 275 (left) with NGC 274 (right) (image taken by Hubble Space Telescope)
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Cetus
Right ascension	00h 51m 04.2s[1]
Declination	−07° 04′ 00″[1]
Redshift	0.005817[1]
Distance	63 Mly[2]
Apparent magnitude (V)	13.16[1]
Characteristics
Type	SBcd[1]
Apparent size (V)	1.5' × 1.1'[1]
Notable features	Interacting with NGC 274
Other designations
MCG -01-03-022, PGC 2984, GC 157, h 70, IRAS 00485-0720.[1]

The galaxy was described as "very faint, small, round, southeastern of 2" by John Dreyer in the New General Catalogue, with the other of the two galaxies being NGC 274.^[3]

See also

• Spiral galaxy
• List of NGC objects (1–1000)