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{{Short description|Lenticular galaxy in the constellation of Pisces}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2017}}
{{Infobox galaxy
| name = [[New General Catalogue|NGC]] 420
| image = File:NGC 420 legacy dr9.jpg
| upright = 1.35
| alt = NGC 420
| caption = [[DECam]] image of NGC 420
| epoch = [[J2000]]
| ra = {{RA|01|12|09.6}}<ref name="ned">{{cite web
| title=NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database
| work=Results for NGC 0420
| url=http://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/objsearch?objname=NGC+420&extend=no&hconst=73&omegam=0.27&omegav=0.73&corr_z=1&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
| access-date=September 2, 2016}}</ref>
| dec = {{DEC|+32|07|23}}<ref name="ned" />
| constellation name = [[Pisces (constellation)|Pisces]]
| z = 0.016712<ref name="ned" />
| h_radial_v = 5,010 km/s<ref name="ned" />
| dist_ly = {{convert|63.733|+/-|10.768|Mpc|Mly|abbr=on|lk=on|order=flip}}<ref name="ned" />
| type = S0<ref name="ned" />
| appmag_v = 13.09<ref name="ned" />
| absmag_v = -22.73<ref name="ned" />
| size_v = 2.0' × 2.0'<ref name="ned" />
| notes =
| names = [[Uppsala General Catalogue|UGC]] 00752, [[Catalogue of Galaxies and Clusters of Galaxies|CGCG]] 501-127, CGCG 502-003, [[Morphological Catalogue of Galaxies|MCG]] +05-03-083, [[2MASS|2MASX]] J01120966+3207233, [[Principal Galaxies Catalogue|PGC]] 4320.<ref name="ned" />
|image_size=250}}
'''NGC 420''' is a [[lenticular galaxy]] of type S0 located in the constellation [[Pisces (constellation)|Pisces]]. It was discovered on September 12, 1784 by [[William Herschel]]. It was described by [[John Louis Emil Dreyer|Dreyer]] as "faint, pretty small, round, brighter middle."<ref>{{cite web|title=New General Catalog Objects: NGC 400 - 449|url=http://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ngc4.htm#420|publisher=Cseligman|access-date=February 24, 2017}}</ref>
[[File:NGC 0420 2MASS.jpg|thumb|NGC 420 in near-[[infrared]]]]
==References==
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==External links==
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[[Category:NGC objects|0420]]
[[Category:Astronomical objects discovered in 1784|17840912]]
[[Category:Pisces (constellation)]]
[[Category:Lenticular galaxies]]
[[Category:Principal Galaxies Catalogue objects|004320]]
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