NGC 126
| Galaxy NGC 126 |
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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 29 m 08.13 s |
| declination | + 02 ° 48 ′ 40 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB0 ^ 0 ^? |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.4 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.4 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.9 ′ × 0.4 ′ |
| Position angle | 110 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.0 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | NGC 128 group WBL 010-002 LGG 6 |
| Redshift | 0.013499 ± 0.000083 |
| Radial velocity | 4047 ± 25 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(185 ± 13) x 10 6 ly (56.8 ± 4.0) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Bindon Blood Stoney |
| Discovery date | November 4, 1850 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 126 • PGC 1784 • CGCG 383-028 • MCG + 00-02-049 • 2MASX J00290809 + 0248400 • GC 60 • GALEX ASC J002908.13 + 024840.8 • USGC U017 NED02 | |
NGC 126 is a Lenticular galaxy from the Hubble type SB0 in the constellation fish on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 185 million light years from the Milky Way and about 45,000 light years across . Its direction of movement and radial velocity seem to indicate that it is a member of the NGC 128 galaxy group , which also includes NGC 125 , NGC 127 , NGC 128, and NGC 130 .
The object was discovered on November 4, 1850 by the Irish astronomer Bindon Blood Stoney , an assistant to William Parsons .
Web links
Commons : NGC 126 - collection of images, videos, and audio files
