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NGC 259

Galaxy located in the constellation Cetus

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NGC 259 is a spiral galaxy located in the constellation Cetus. It was discovered by William Herschel in 1786.

01Supernova

One supernova has been observed in NGC 259: SN 2017jbj (Type II, mag. 16.9) was discovered by Kōichi Itagaki on 20 December 2017.

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NGC 0259 SDSS.jpg by Donald Pelletier, CC BY-SA 4.0

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