NGC 115
| Galaxy NGC 115 |
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| Recording from DSS | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | sculptor |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 00 h 26 m 46.3 s |
| declination | -33 ° 40 ′ 37 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB (s) bc: |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.9 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.7 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.9 ′ × 0.9 ′ |
| Position angle | 127 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.3 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | SSRS group 60 NGC 134 group LGG 7 |
| Redshift | 0.006089 ± 0.000019 |
| Radial velocity | 1825 ± 6 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(81 ± 6) · 10 6 ly (24.8 ± 1.7) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | September 25, 1834 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 115 • PGC 1651 • ESO 350-017 • MCG -06-02-006 • IRAS F00242-3357 • 2MASX J00264627-3340375 • SGC 002418-3357.2 • GC 56 • h 2323 • HIPASS J0026-33 • USGC S017 NED07 | |
NGC 115 is a bar-spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBbc in the constellation Sculptor in the southern sky . It is an estimated 81 million light years away from the Milky Way and about 45,000 light years in diameter.
Together with NGC 131 , NGC 134 , NGC 148 , IC 1554 , IC 1555 and PGC 2044 , it forms the NGC 134 group .
The object was discovered on September 25, 1834 by the British astronomer John Herschel .
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