TON S180 | |
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Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
Constellation | Cetus |
Right ascension | 00h 57m 19.94s |
Declination | −22° 22′ 59.10″ |
Redshift | 0.061980 |
Heliocentric radial velocity | 18,581 km/s |
Distance | 827 Mly (253.55 Mpc) |
Apparent magnitude (V) | 14.34 |
Apparent magnitude (B) | 14.6 |
Characteristics | |
Type | SABa, Sy1.2 |
Apparent size (V) | 0.35' x 0.29' |
Other designations | |
IRAS F00548-2238, PHL 912, EUVE J0057-22.3, LEDA 87796, RX J0057.3-2222, LEDA 815045 |
TON S180 (abbreviation of Tonantzintla S180) is a Seyfert galaxy located in the southern constellation of Cetus. It is located 827 million light years from Earth.[1] The galaxy is classified as a quasi-stellar object (QSO) because of its high luminosity and is located 3.6 degrees northeast from NGC 253, and 2.8 degrees southeast from NGC 247.[2]