NGC 178
| Galaxy NGC 178 / IC 36 |
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| Photo from the Hubble Space Telescope | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | whale |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 00 h 39 m 08.4 s |
| declination | -14 ° 10 ′ 22 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB (s) w |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.6 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.4 mag |
| Angular expansion | 2.1 'x 0.9' |
| Position angle | 178 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.1 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | +0.004827 ± 0.000010 |
| Radial velocity | +1447 ± 3 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(67 ± 5) · 10 6 ly (20.4 ± 1.4) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Ormond Stone |
| Discovery date | November 3, 1885 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 178 • IC 39 • PGC 2349 • MCG -02-02-078 • IRAS 0366-1426 • 2MASX J00390839-1410222 • GALEX ASC J003908.28-141021.8 • LDCE 41 NED001 | |
NGC 178 = IC 39 is a spiral galaxy of the Hubble type Sb / P in the constellation Whale south of the ecliptic. It is estimated 67 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 40,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies NGC 187 , NGC 207 , NGC 210 , IC 41 .
The object was discovered on November 3, 1885 by the American astronomer Ormond Stone . On August 26, 1892, Stéphane Javelle rediscovered the galaxy, which was included in the IC catalog as IC 39 .
Web links
Commons : NGC 178 - collection of images, videos, and audio files
Individual evidence
Attention: The sorting key "NGC 0178" overwrites the previously used key "IC0039".