NGC 149
| Galaxy data from NGC 149 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Andromeda |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 00 h 33 m 50.2 s |
| declination | + 30 ° 43 ′ 24 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0: |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.8 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.8 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.2 ′ × 0.7 ′ |
| Position angle | 155 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.5 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.016155 ± 0.000097 |
| Radial velocity | +4843 ± 29 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(224 ± 16) · 10 6 ly (68.6 ± 4.8) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Édouard Stephan |
| Discovery date | October 4, 1883 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 149 • UGC 332 • PGC 2028 • CGCG 500-044 • MCG + 05-02-024 • 2MASX J00335024 + 3043245 • | |
NGC 149 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0 in the constellation Andromeda in the northern sky . It is an estimated 224 million light years from the Milky Way and about 80,000 light years in diameter .
The galaxy NGC 140 is located in the same area of the sky .
The object was discovered on October 4, 1883 by the French astronomer Édouard Stephan .