The New General Catalogue object NGC 48 is a barred spiral galaxy located approximately 79.3 million light-years from the Solar System[2] in the constellation Andromeda.

NGC 48
NGC 48
NGC 48 (PanSTARRS)
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
ConstellationAndromeda
Right ascension00h 14m 02.2s[1]
Declination+48° 14′ 05″[1]
Redshift0.005924[1]
Heliocentric radial velocity1776 ± 8 km/s[1]
Distance79.3 Mly[2]
Apparent magnitude (V)14.4[1]
Characteristics
TypeSABbc[1]
Apparent size (V)1.4' x 0.9'[1]
Other designations
PGC 929

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