NGC 46

{{short description|Star in the Pisces constellation}}

{{Starbox begin

| name = NGC 46

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{{Starbox image

| image = File:NGC 0046 SDSS.jpg

| caption = NGC 46 as seen on SDSS

| credit =

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{{Starbox observe

| epoch = J2000

| constell = Pisces{{Cite web|url=http://spider.seds.org/ngc/revngcic.cgi?NGC46|title=Revised NGC Data for NGC 46|website=spider.seds.org|access-date=2017-10-05}}

| pronounce =

| ra = {{RA|00|14|09.88}}

| dec = {{DEC|+05|59|15.8}}

| appmag_v = 11.68

}}

{{Starbox astrometry

| radial_v = {{val|-1.55|0.81}}

| prop_mo_ra = 19.837

| prop_mo_dec = 2.189

| pm_footnote =

| parallax = 2.2990

| p_error = 0.0224

| parallax_footnote =

}}

{{Starbox catalog

| names = {{odlist | GSC=00008-00572 | NGC=46 | TYC=8-572-1}}

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{{Starbox reference

| Simbad = NGC+46

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{{Starbox end}}

NGC 46, occasionally referred to as PGC 5067596, is a star located approximately 1,420 light-years from the Solar System in the constellation Pisces. It was first discovered on October 22, 1852, by Irish astronomer Edward Joshua Cooper, who incorrectly identified it as a nebula.