NGC 114
| Galaxy NGC 114 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | whale |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 00 h 26 m 58.2 s |
| declination | -01 ° 47 ′ 10 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB (rs) 0: |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.3 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.3 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.0 ′ × 0.7 ′ |
| Position angle | 165 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.5 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.013873 ± 0.000150 |
| Radial velocity | 4159 ± 45 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(190 ± 13) · 10 6 ly (58.2 ± 4.1) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Truman Safford |
| Discovery date | September 23, 1867 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 114 • UGC 259 • PGC 1660 • CGCG 383-014 • MCG + 00-02-027 • KUG 0024-020A • 2MASX J00265821-0147100 • Mrk 946 • Temple IV • NPM1G -02.0005 • LDCE 19 NED002 | |
NGC 114 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type SB0 in the constellation Forest Fish south of the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 190 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 45,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky there are u. a. the galaxies NGC 113 , NGC 118 , NGC 120 , NGC 124 .
The object was discovered on September 23, 1867 by the American astronomer Truman Henry Safford .
Web links
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