NGC 127
Galaxy NGC 127 |
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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 |
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 |
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 .
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