NGC 148
| Galaxy NGC 148 |
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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 34 m 15.5 s |
| declination | -31 ° 47 ′ 10 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0 ^ 0 ^: sp |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.1 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.1 mag |
| Angular expansion | 2 ′ × 0.8 ′ |
| Position angle | 90 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.5 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | LGG 7 |
| Redshift | 0.005057 ± 0.000033 |
| Radial velocity | 1516 ± 10 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(67 ± 5) · 10 6 ly (20.6 ± 1.4) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | September 27, 1834 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 148 • PGC 2053 • ESO 410-G20 • MCG -05-02-017 • 2MASX J00341549-3147095 • GC 73 • h 2329 • AM 0031-320, LDCE 0033 NED004 | |
NGC 148 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0 in the constellation Sculptor in the northern sky . It is about 67 million light years away from the Milky Way , with a diameter of about 40,000 light years.
NGC 115 is a member of the NGC-134 group , a galaxy group that also includes NGC 115 , NGC 131 , NGC 134 and NGC 150 , PGC 2000 , IC 1555 and PGC 2044 .
The galaxy NGC 148 was discovered on September 27, 1834 by the British astronomer John Frederick William Herschel .