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{{Short description|Galaxy in the constellation Pisces}}
{{Infobox galaxy
| name = NGC 257
| image = NGC257 - SDSS DR14.jpg
| caption = [[Sloan Digital Sky Survey|SDSS]] image of NGC 257
| epoch = [[J2000]]
| constellation name = [[Pisces (constellation)|Pisces]]
| ra = {{RA|00|48|01.510}}<ref name=2MASS>{{cite journal |doi=10.1086/498708 |last1=Skrutskie |first1=Michael F. |last2=Cutri |first2=Roc M. |last3=Stiening |first3=Rae |last4=Weinberg |first4=Martin D. |last5=Schneider |first5=Stephen E. |last6=Carpenter |first6=John M. |last7=Beichman |first7=Charles A. |last8=Capps |first8=Richard W. |last9=Chester |first9=Thomas |last10=Elias |first10=Jonathan H. |last11=Huchra |first11=John P. |last12=Liebert |first12=James W. |last13=Lonsdale |first13=Carol J. |last14=Monet |first14=David G. |last15=Price |first15=Stephan |last16=Seitzer |first16=Patrick |last17=Jarrett |first17=Thomas H. |last18=Kirkpatrick |first18=J. Davy |last19=Gizis |first19=John E. |last20=Howard |first20=Elizabeth V. |last21=Evans |first21=Tracey E. |last22=Fowler |first22=John W. |last23=Fullmer |first23=Linda |last24=Hurt |first24=Robert L. |last25=Light |first25=Robert M. |last26=Kopan |first26=Eugene L. |last27=Marsh |first27=Kenneth A. |last28=McCallon |first28=Howard L. |last29=Tam |first29=Robert |last30=Van Dyk |first30=Schuyler D. |last31=Wheelock |first31=Sherry L. |title=The Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS) |journal=The Astronomical Journal |date=1 February 2006 |volume=131 |issue=2 |pages=1163–1183 |bibcode=2006AJ....131.1163S |s2cid=18913331 |issn=0004-6256 |doi-access=free }}</ref>
| dec = {{DEC|+08|17|49.45}}<ref name=2MASS/>
| z = 0.017592<ref name=ned>{{cite web|url=http://nedwww.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/nph-objsearch?objname=NGC+257&extend=no&out_csys=Equatorial&out_equinox=J2000.0&obj_sort=RA+or+Longitude&of=pre_text&zv_breaker=30000.0&list_limit=5&img_stamp=YES|title=NED results for object NGC 0257|publisher=[[National Aeronautics and Space Administration]] / [[Infrared Processing and Analysis Center]]|access-date=25 June 2017}}</ref>
| h_radial_v = 5274 km/s<ref name=ned/>
| dist_ly = {{cvt|67.343|±|10.649|Mpc|Mly|lk=on|order=flip}}<ref name=ned/>
| group_cluster =
| type = Scd?<ref name=ned/>
| size = {{cvt|43100|pc|ly|lk=on|order=flip}}<ref name=ned/><ref group=note>POSS1 103a-O values used.</ref>
| appmag_v =
| appmag_b = 13.7<ref name=SIMBAD>{{cite simbad|title=NGC 257|access-date=25 June 2017}}</ref>
| absmag_v =
| size_v = 3.0{{prime}} × 2.5{{prime}}<ref name=ned/>
| notes =
| names = [[Uppsala General Catalogue|UGC]] 493, [[Morphological Catalogue of Galaxies|MGC]]+01-03-003, [[Principal Galaxies Catalogue|PGC]] 2818
}}
'''NGC 257 '''is a [[spiral galaxy]] in the Pisces constellation. It was discovered on December 29, 1790, by [[Frederick William Herschel]].<ref name=cseligman>{{cite web|url=http://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ngc2a.htm#257|title=New General Catalogue objects: NGC 250 - 299|author=Seligman, Courtney|website=cseligman.com|access-date=25 June 2017}}</ref>
== References ==
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== Notes ==
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== External links ==
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{{Catalogs | NGC = 257}}
{{NGC5}}
[[Category:Astronomical objects discovered in 1790]]
[[Category:Pisces (constellation)]]
[[Category:Spiral galaxies]]
[[Category:Principal Galaxies Catalogue objects|002818]]
[[Category:UGC objects|00493]]
[[Category:NGC objects|0257]]
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