NGC 112
| Galaxy data from NGC 112 |
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| Recording from SDSS | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Andromeda |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 00 h 26 m 48.7 s |
| declination | + 31 ° 42 ′ 12 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sc |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.8 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.5 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1 ′ × 0.5 ′ |
| Position angle | 108 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.9 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.021028 ± 0.000083 |
| Radial velocity | 6238 ± 25 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(288 ± 20) x 10 6 ly (88.4 ± 6.2) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Lewis A. Swift |
| Discovery date | September 17, 1885 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 112 • UGC 255 • PGC 1654 • CGCG 500-021 • MCG + 05-02-013 • IRAS 00241 + 3125 • Kaz 24 • Swift II; • LDCE 20 NED001 | |
NGC 112 is a spiral galaxy from the Hubble type Sc in the constellation Andromeda the northern sky . It is estimated to be 288 million light years from the Milky Way and about 85,000 light years in diameter.
The object was discovered on September 17, 1885 by the American astronomer Lewis A. Swift .
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