NGC 116

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Galaxy
NGC 116
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NGC 116 with LEDA 1015126 (r) [1] SDSS image
NGC 116 with LEDA 1015126 (r) SDSS image
AladinLite
Constellation whale
Position
equinox :  J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 00 h 27 m 05.2 s
declination -07 ° 40 ′ 06 ″
Appearance
Morphological type SB? (R?) 0+:  
Brightness  (B-band) 14.54 mag
Angular expansion 0.6 ′ × 0.3 ′
Physical data
Redshift 0.025261 ± 0.000080  
Radial velocity 7573 ± 24 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0 		(341 ± 24)  x  10 6  ly
(104.7 ± 7.3)  Mpc 
history
discovery Gaspare Ferrari
Discovery date 1865
Catalog names
NGC  116 • PGC  1671 • MCG  -01-02-017 • 2MASX  J00270522-0740059 • GC  5101 • GALEX ASC J002705.26-074005.4 • USGC S012 NED02

NGC 116 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type SB? in the constellation whale south of the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 341 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 60,000 ly.
In the same area of ​​the sky is the galaxy NGC 107 .

discovery

The galaxy NGC 116 was discovered in 1865 by the Italian astronomer Gaspare Stanislao Ferrari . However, with this identification there are doubts as to whether it is actually the object, as there is nothing in the position specified by Ferrari, so that the object is considered lost or not present in other catalogs. Since the galaxy PGC 1671 is the brightest galaxy "near" the position and is almost exactly north of it, it could be a position error. Without a description, apart from "very weak" and the major flaw in its position, it is very unclear whether the identification as NGC 116 is reasonable, let alone probable.

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Aladin Lite
  2. ↑ a b c d e NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  3. ↑ SIMBAD Astronomical Database
  4. ↑ Seligman