NGC 113

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Galaxy
NGC 113
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NGC 113 [1] SDSS image
NGC 113 SDSS image
AladinLite
Constellation whale
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 00 h 26 m 54.62 s
declination -02 ° 30 ′ 03 ″
Appearance
Morphological type SA0-  
Brightness  (visual) 13.1 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 14.1 mag
Angular expansion 1 ′, 4 × 1 ′, 0
Position angle 135 °
Surface brightness 13.5 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.014870 ± 0.000063  
Radial velocity 4458 ± 19 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(203 ± 14)  ·  10 6  ly
(62.3 ± 4.4)  Mpc 
history
discovery Ernst Temple
Discovery date August 27, 1876
Catalog names
NGC  113 • PGC  1656 • MCG  -01-02-016 • 2MASX  J00265462-0230030 • GC  5100 • GALEX ASC J002654.62-023002.6 • LDCE 19 NED001 • NSA 126963

NGC 113 is a Hubble-type E / S0 elliptical galaxy in the constellation Whale south of the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 203 million light years from the Milky Way and about 85,000 light years across. In the same area of ​​the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 114 , NGC 118 , NGC 120 , NGC 124 .

The object was discovered on August 27, 1876 by the German astronomer Ernst Wilhelm Leberecht Tempel .

Web links

Commons : NGC 113  - collection of images, videos, and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Aladin Lite
  2. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  3. a b c d e f SEDS : NGC 113
  4. Seligman