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NGC 57
Galaxy in the constellation Pisces
NGC 57 is an elliptical galaxy in the constellation Pisces. It was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel on 8 October 1784.
01Supernovae
Two supernovae have been observed in NGC 57:
- SN 2010dq (Type Ia, mag. 17.3) was discovered by Kōichi Itagaki on 3 June 2010. It was 17" west and 1" south of the center of NGC 57 at coordinates 00h 15m 29.70s, +17° 19′ 41.0″.
- SN 2011fp (Type Ia, mag. 17.9) was discovered by Kōichi Itagaki on 29 August 2011.
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Images, from Wikimedia Commons:
- NGC57 - SDSS DR14.jpg by Sloan Digital Sky Survey, CC BY 4.0
- NGC57-SN2010dq-2010Sep3.jpg by Kevin Heider @ LightBuckets, CC BY-SA 3.0
- NGC 0057 2MASS.jpg by 2MASS, Public domain
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