NGC 448
Lenticular galaxy in the constellation Cetus
NGC 448 is a lenticular galaxy of type S0 (edge-on) located approximately 88.45 ± 23.63 Mly (27.120 ± 7.246 Mpc) away in the constellation Cetus. It was discovered on September 2, 1886 by Lewis Swift. It was described by Dreyer as "pretty bright, very small, [and] a little extended."
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Images, from Wikimedia Commons:
- NGC 0448 2MASS.jpg by Unknown (2MASS-Team), Public domain
- NGC 0448 SDSS.jpg by Donald Pelletier, CC BY-SA 4.0
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