NGC 11

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Galaxy
NGC 11
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NGC 11 [1] SDSS image
NGC 11 SDSS image
AladinLite
Constellation Andromeda
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 00 h 08 m 42.50 s
declination + 37 ° 26 ′ 52.5 ″
Appearance
Morphological type Sat  
Brightness  (visual) 13.7 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 14.6 mag
Angular expansion 1.5 ′ × 0.3 ′
Position angle 110.5 °
Surface brightness 12.7 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Affiliation isolated  
Redshift 0.014640 ± 0.000067  
Radial velocity 4366 ± 20 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(205 ± 14)  ·  10 6  ly
(62.7 ± 4.4)  Mpc 
history
discovery Édouard Stephan
Discovery date October 24, 1881
Catalog names
NGC  11 • UGC  73 • PGC  642 • CGCG  517-20 • CGCG 518-15 • MCG  + 06-01-015 • IRAS  00061 + 3710 • 2MASX  J00084249 + 3726523 • WISEA J000842.52 + 372652.4 • NVSS J000842 + 372647 • 2MIG 0014

NGC 11 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sa in the constellation Andromeda on the northern sky . It is estimated to be 205 million light years from the Milky Way and about 90,000 light years in diameter.

The object was discovered on October 24, 1881 by the French astronomer Édouard Jean-Marie Stephan .

Web links

Commons : NGC 11  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Aladin Lite
  2. a b c d e NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  3. a b c d e SEDS : NGC 11
  4. LEDA: NGC 11
  5. Seligman