NGC 125
| Galaxy NGC 125 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | fishes |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 00 h 28 m 50.2 s |
| declination | + 02 ° 50 ′ 20 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | (R) SA0 + |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.4 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.3 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.7 ′ × 1.5 ′ |
| Position angle | 85 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.4 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation |
NGC 128 group WBL 010-001 |
| Redshift | 0.017699 ± 0.000030 |
| Radial velocity | 5306 ± 9 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(242 ± 17) · 10 6 ly (74.1 ± 5.2) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | December 25, 1790 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 125 • UGC 286 • PGC 1772 • CGCG 383-027 • MCG + 00-02-048 • 2MASX J00285020 + 0250200 • GC 59 • H III 869 • h 23 • GALEX ASC J002850.25 + 025019.9 • LDCE 21 NED002 | |
NGC 125 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0 / a in the constellation Pisces on the ecliptic . It is an estimated 242 million light years away from the Milky Way and about 125,000 light years in diameter . Together with NGC 126 , NGC 127 , NGC 128 and NGC 130 , it forms the NGC 128 group .
The object was discovered on December 25, 1790 by the German-British astronomer Wilhelm Herschel .
Web links
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