NGC 130
Galaxy NGC 130 |
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NGC 128 with NGC 127 (r.) & NGC 130 (lo) (image taken with the 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 18.5 s |
declination | + 02 ° 52 ′ 14 ″ |
Appearance | |
Morphological type | SA0-: |
Brightness (visual) | 14.4 mag |
Brightness (B-band) | 15.4 mag |
Angular expansion | 0.7 ′ × 0.4 ′ |
Position angle | 52 ° |
Surface brightness | 13.1 mag / arcmin² |
Physical data | |
Affiliation | NGC 128 group LGG 6 |
Redshift | 0.01479 ± 0.00006 |
Radial velocity | 4433 ± 18 km / s |
Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(203 ± 14) · 10 6 ly (62.1 ± 4.4) Mpc |
history | |
discovery | Bindon B. Stoney |
Discovery date | November 4, 1850 |
Catalog names | |
NGC 130 • PGC 1794 • CGCG 383-029 N03 • MCG + 00-02-052 • 2MASX J00291854 + 0252135 • GC 64 • GALEX ASC J002918.43 + 025212.4 |
NGC 130 is an elliptical galaxy from the Hubble type E / S0 in the constellation fish on the ecliptic . It is an estimated 203 million light years away from the Milky Way and about 40,000 light years in diameter. The galaxy is considered a member of the NGC 128 group .
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 125 , NGC 126 , NGC 127 , IC 17 .
The object was discovered on November 4, 1850 by the Irish astronomer Bindon Blood Stoney , an assistant to William Parsons .
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