NGC 478

NGC 478 is a spiral galaxy in the constellation Cetus.^[1] It is located approximately 283 million light-years from Earth and was discovered in 1886 by astronomer Francis Preserved Leavenworth.^[2][3]

NGC 478
SDSS view of NGC 478
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Cetus
Right ascension	01h 20m 09.29s
Declination	−22° 22′ 38.6″
Redshift	0.022857
Heliocentric radial velocity	6774 km/s
Distance	283 Mly
Apparent magnitude (V)	13.7
Characteristics
Type	S pec
Apparent size (V)	0.8′ × 0.7′
Other designations
PGC 4803, MCG -04-04-005, 2MASX J01200883-2222386

See also

• List of NGC objects (1–1000)