NGC 139
| Galaxy NGC 139 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | fishes |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 00 h 31 m 06.4 s |
| declination | + 05 ° 04 ′ 44 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB? |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.6 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.4 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.8 ′ × 0.5 ′ |
| Position angle | 171 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.5 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | WBL 11 |
| Redshift | 0.040671 ± 0.000113 |
| Radial velocity | 12,193 ± 34 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(550 ± 38) · 10 6 ly (168.5 ± 11.8) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Albert Marth |
| Discovery date | August 29, 1864 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 139 • PGC 1900 • CGCG 409-022 • IRAS 00285 + 0448 • 2MASX J00310641 + 0504434 • GC 5105 • GALEX ASC J003106.39 + 050442.3 • NVSS J003106 + 050444 | |
NGC 139 is a barred spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBab in the constellation Pisces on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 550 million light years from the Milky Way and about 130,000 light years in diameter.
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 138 and NGC 141 .
The object was discovered as a foggy object on August 29, 1864 by the German astronomer Albert Marth .
Web links
Commons : NGC 139 - collection of images, videos, and audio files
