NGC 13
| Galaxy NGC 13 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Andromeda |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 00 h 08 m 47.7 s |
| declination | + 33 ° 26 '00 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | (R) Sab: |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.3 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.1 mag |
| Angular expansion | 2.3 ′ × 0.6 ′ |
| Position angle | 53.8 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.5 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation |
NGC 7819 Group NGC 7831 Group LGG 1 |
| Redshift | 0.016038 ± 0.000030 |
| Radial velocity | 4808 ± 9 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(223 ± 16) x 10 6 ly (68.3 ± 4.8) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | November 26, 1790 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 13 • UGC 77 • PGC 650 • CGCG 498-081 • CGCG 499-053 • MCG + 05-01-034 • 2MASX J00084772 + 3326000 • GC 5 • H VIII 84 • NVSS J000848 + 332557 • LDCE 4 NED004 | |
NGC 13 is a spiral galaxy from the Hubble type Sab in the constellation Andromeda the northern sky . It is an estimated 223 million light years from the Milky Way and about 150,000 light years in diameter. The galaxy is considered a member of the NGC 7831 group ( LGG 1 ).
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 6 , NGC 19 , NGC 21 , NGC 7836 .
The object was discovered on November 26, 1790 by the German-British astronomer Wilhelm Herschel .