NGC 127

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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)
NGC 128 with NGC 127 (r.) & NGC 130 (l.) ( 81 cm reflecting telescope of the Mount Lemmon Observatory )
AladinLite
Constellation fishes
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
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  
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

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Aladin Lite
  2. a b c d e NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  3. a b c d e f SEDS : NGC 127
  4. ^ VizieR
  5. Seligman