NGC 474

Coordinates: 01^h 20^m 06.7^s, +03° 24′ 58″

NGC 474
A Hubble Space Telescope image of NGC 474. (NASA, STScI, Sky-map.org)
Observation data (J2000[1] epoch)
Constellation	Pisces[2]
Right ascension	01h 20m 06.7s[1]
Declination	+03° 24′ 58″[1]
Redshift	0.007755[1]
Helio Radial velocity	2325 km/s ±7 km/s[1]
Galactocentric Velocity	2398 km/s ±7 km/s[1]
Distance	~100 Mly (~31 Mpc)[2]
Type	S0[3]
Other designations
ARP 227, MCG 0-4-85, PGC 4801, UGC 864, ZWG 385.71[3]
See also: Galaxy, List of galaxies

NGC 474 is an elliptical galaxy about 100 million light years distant in the constellation pisces. This large galaxy is known to possess tidal tails, although their origins remain unknown.^[2]

Further reading

• Turnbull, A. J.; Carter, D.; Bridges, T. J.; Thomson, R. C. (1999) Shell Formation in NGC474

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d e f} "NED results for object NGC 0474*". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. http://nedwww.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/nph-objsearch?objname=NGC+474&extend=yes&out_equinox=J2000.0. Retrieved 2011-02-26. 
2. ^ ^{a b c} Schirmer, Mischa. "NGC 474". http://www.astro.uni-bonn.de/~mischa/gallery_ccd/ngc474.html. Retrieved 2011-02-26. 
3. ^ ^{a b} "Revised NGC Data for NGC 474". The Interactive NGC Catalog Online. http://spider.seds.org/ngc/revngcic.cgi?NGC474. Retrieved 2011-02-26. 

External links

• Galaxy NGC 474: cosmic blender, Astronomy Picture of the Day
• Shell galaxies in Pisces, Astronomy Picture of the Day

Astronomical catalogs
NGC:	NGC 472 - NGC 473 - NGC 474 - NGC 475 - NGC 476