Galaxy in the constellation Cetus
NGC 274 is a lenticular galaxy in the constellation Cetus. It is a pair of galaxies, the other being NGC 275, which it is currently interacting with. It was discovered on September 10, 1785 by William Herschel.[2] It is roughly 120 million light-years away.
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/NGC_274_NGC_275_HST_WFC3_UVIS.jpg/220px-NGC_274_NGC_275_HST_WFC3_UVIS.jpg)
References
- ^ a b c d e f g "NED results for object NGC 0274". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. Retrieved September 2, 2016.
- ^ "New General Catalog Objects: NGC 250 - 299". Cseligman. Retrieved October 15, 2016.
External links
Media related to NGC 274 at Wikimedia Commons
- Type II supernova 2018cdc in NGC 274