NGC 79

NGC 79 is an elliptical galaxy estimated to be about 270 million light-years^[3] away in the constellation of Andromeda. NGC 79 is its New General Catalogue designation. Its apparent magnitude is 14.9. It was discovered on 14 November 1884 by Guillaume Bigourdan.^[5]

NGC 79 (near-infrared)

NGC 79
SDSS image of NGC 79
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Andromeda
Right ascension	00h 21m 02.838s[1]
Declination	+22° 33′ 59.06″[1]
Redshift	0.018326[2]
Heliocentric radial velocity	5444 km/s[2]
Distance	272.54 ± 0.75 Mly (83.56 ± 0.23 Mpc)[3]
Apparent magnitude (B)	15.16[4]
Characteristics
Type	cE[4]
Other designations
MCG +04-02-003, PGC 1340[2]