NGC 127
| Galaxy NGC 127 |
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![NGC 128 with NGC 127 (r.) & NGC 130 (l.) [1] (81 cm reflecting telescope of the Mount Lemmon observatory)](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:NGC_128_Mount_Lemmon_Sky_Center.jpg)
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| NGC 128 with NGC 127 (r.) & NGC 130 (l.) ( 81 cm reflecting telescope of the Mount Lemmon Observatory ) | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | fishes |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 00 h 29 m 12.4 s |
| declination | + 02 ° 52 ′ 22 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SA0 ^ 0 ^: |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.8 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.8 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.8 ′ × 0.5 ′ |
| Position angle | 70 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.7 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | NGC 128 group WBL 10 LGG 6 |
| Redshift | 0.013656 ± 0.000050 |
| Radial velocity | 4094 ± 15 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(188 ± 13) · 10 6 ly (57.5 ± 4.0) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Bindon B. Stoney |
| Discovery date | November 4, 1850 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 127 • UGC 292 N01 • PGC 1787 • CGCG 383-029 N01 • MCG + 00-02-050 • IRAS 00266 + 0235 • 2MASX J00291239 + 0252215 • GC 61 • GALEX ASC J002912.35 + 025220.5 | |
NGC 127 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0 in the constellation Pisces on the ecliptic . It is about 188 million light years away from the Milky Way , with a diameter of about 45,000 light years. Their direction of movement and radial velocity seem to indicate that it is a member of the galaxy group around NGC 128 .
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 125 , NGC 126 , NGC 128 , NGC 130 .
The object was discovered as a foggy object on November 4, 1850 by the Irish astronomer Bindon Blood Stoney , an assistant to William Parsons .
Web links
Commons : NGC 127 - collection of images, videos, and audio files
