NGC 141

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Galaxy
NGC 141
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NGC 141 with LEDA 212538 [1] (u) SDSS image
NGC 141 with LEDA 212538 (u) SDSS image
AladinLite
Constellation fishes
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 00 h 31 m 17.4 s
declination + 05 ° 10 ′ 47 ″
Appearance
Morphological type S / P  
Brightness  (visual) 14.4 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 15.3 mag
Angular expansion 0.8 ′ × 0.6 ′
Position angle 90 °
Surface brightness 13.5 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Affiliation WBL 011-003  
Redshift 0.039227 ± 0.000103  
Radial velocity 11,760 ± 31 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(530 ± 37)  ·  10 6  ly
(162.6 ± 11.4)  Mpc 
history
discovery Albert Marth
Discovery date August 29, 1864
Catalog names
NGC  141 • PGC  1918 • CGCG  409-027 • 2MASX  J00311739 + 0510474 • GC  5106 • Marth 11

NGC 141 is a Hubble-type S / P spiral galaxy in the constellation Pisces on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 530 million light years from the Milky Way and about 125,000 light years across .
The galaxies NGC 138 and NGC 139 are located in the same area of ​​the sky .

The object was discovered on August 29, 1864 by the German astronomer Albert Marth .

Web links

Commons : NGC 141  - collection of images, videos, and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Aladin Lite
  2. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  3. a b c d e f SEDS : NGC 141
  4. Seligman