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NGC 185

peculiar galaxy in the constellation Cassiopeia
Thing dwarf_elliptical_galaxy Q490334

Facts

17 properties
Instance of
dwarf elliptical galaxy, quasar, infrared source, Seyfert 2 galaxy[3][4][5]
Part of
Local Group, [CHM2007] LDC 31, [TSK2008] 222[8][9][10]
Apparent magnitude
6.56 (6.56–9.2, n=5)
Catalog code
NGC 185, MCG+08-02-010, IRAS 00362+4803, UGC 396, PGC 2329, 2MASX J00385796+4820145, UZC J003857.7+482014, Z 0036.2+4803, Z 550-9, LEDA 2329, TYC 3253-693-1, Caldwell 18[13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24]
Companion of
NGC 147[12]
Constellation
Cassiopeia[6]
Declination
48.3373778 degree
Discoverer or inventor
William Herschel[2]
Distance from Earth
0.66 megaparsec
Epoch
J2000.0
Galaxy morphological type
dGspD...[7]
Imported from
wholeness_audit_2026-05-02_v2
Parent astronomical body
Andromeda Galaxy[11]
Radial velocity
-203 kilometre per second
Redshift
-0.000674
Right ascension
9.7415417 degree
Time of discovery or invention
November 30, 1787
🏷️ Also known as
en New General Catalogue 185 ar NGC ١٨٥ fa ان‌جی‌سی ۱۸۵ fa ان جی سی 185 fa ان جی سی ۱۸۵ he קולדוול 18 ja コールドウェル 18 ja コールドウェル18 ko 왜소 타원 은하 NGC 185 ko NGC 185 pt Iras00362+4803 pt Mcg 8-2-10 pt Pgc 2329
🔖 Identifiers · 8
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
NGC 0185 2MASS.jpg ↗
Freebase ID
/m/03xgkv
Gaia ID
390508257732742144
New General Catalogue ID
185
Principal Galaxies Catalogue ID
2329
SIMBAD ID
NGC 185
Topic's main category
Category:NGC 185
Uppsala General Catalogue ID
396

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Summary

NGC 185 is a dwarf elliptical galaxy[1].

Body

Use and Application

Part of include Local Group[8], a galaxy cluster[25]; [CHM2007] LDC 31[9]; and [TSK2008] 222[10].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . VizieR. wikidata.org.
  5. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . Identifying Local Group field galaxies that have interacted with the Milky Way. wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  20. [21] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  21. [22] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  22. [23] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  23. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [25] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_ngc-185_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{NGC 185}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/ngc-185}, note = {Accessed: 2026-11-06}}
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