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NGC 35 (= PGC 784) NGC 35 is a spiral galaxy in the Cetus constellation. Historical Identification: Per Dreyer, NGC 35 (Swift list VI (#2), Muller list II (#277), 1860 RA 00 04 03, NPD 102 47.2) is "most extremely faint, pretty small, round". The position precesses to RA 00 11 11.9, Dec -12 00 27, less than an arcmin northeast of the galaxy listed above and there is nothing comparable nearby, so the identification is certain.

Physical Information: Based on a recessional velocity of 5965 km/sec (and H 0  = 70 km/sec/Mpc), NGC 35 is about 275 to 280 million light years away. Given that and its apparent size of about 0.75 by 0.45 arcmin (from the images below), it is about 60 thousand light years across. Note: NGC 35 and 17 are only a few arcmin apart, and given their apparently common distance, may be less than half a million light years apart. If so, they would be gravitationally bound, and their distorted appearance may involve a gravitational interaction.

Discovered (Nov 21, 1886) by Lewis Swift

Independently discovered (1886) by Frank Muller

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