NGC 131
| Galaxy data from NGC 131 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | sculptor |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 00 h 29 m 38.5 s |
| declination | -33 ° 15 ′ 35 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB (s) b: / sp |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.0 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.8 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.8 ′ × 0.6 ′ |
| Position angle | 63 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.9 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | NGC 0134 group LGG 7 |
| Redshift | 0.004703 ± 0.000057 |
| Radial velocity | 1410 ± 17 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(62 ± 5) · 10 6 ly (19.1 ± 1.4) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | September 25, 1834 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 131 • PGC 1813 • ESO 350-21 • MCG -06-02-010 • IRAS 00271-3332 • 2MASX J00293851-3315349 • SGC 002710-3332.1 • GC 65 • h 2326 • GALEXASC J002938.50-331534.7 • LDCE 33 NED001 | |
NGC 131 is a barred spiral galaxy of the Hubble type in the SBb constellation Sculptors in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 62 million light years from the Milky Way and about 35,000 light years in diameter.
Together with NGC 115 , NGC 134 , NGC 148 , IC 1554 , IC 1555 and PGC 2044 , it forms the NGC 134 group .
The object was discovered on September 25, 1834 by the British astronomer John Herschel .