NGC 140
| Galaxy NGC 140 |
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![NGC 140 with LEDA 1917754 (l) [1] SDSS image](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:NGC140_-_SDSS_DR14.jpg)
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| NGC 140 with LEDA 1917754 (l) SDSS image | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Andromeda |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 00 h 31 m 20.5 s |
| declination | + 30 ° 47 ′ 33 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Scd: / HII |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.3 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.0 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1 ′, 5 × 1 ′, 2 |
| Position angle | 54 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.8 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.021458 ± 0.000030 |
| Radial velocity | 6433 ± 9 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(295 ± 21) x 10 6 ly (90.4 ± 6.3) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Truman Henry Safford |
| Discovery date | October 8, 1866 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 140 • UGC 311 • PGC 1916 • CGCG 500-038 • MCG + 05-02-021 • IRAS 00287 + 3031 • 2MASX J00312048 + 3047329 • | |
NGC 140 is a spiral galaxy with extensive star formation regions of the Hubble type Scd in the constellation Andromeda in the northern sky . It is an estimated 295 million light years away from the Milky Way and about 130,000 light years in diameter .
The galaxy NGC 149 is located in the same area of the sky .
The object was discovered on October 8, 1866 by the American astronomer Truman Henry Safford .
Web links
Commons : NGC 140 - collection of images, videos, and audio files
