NGC 15

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Galaxy
NGC 15
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NGC 15 [1] SDSS image
NGC 15 SDSS image
AladinLite
Constellation Pegasus
Position
equinox :  J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 00 h 09 m 02.5 s
declination + 21 ° 37 ′ 28 ″
Appearance
Morphological type Sat  
Brightness  (visual) 13.9 likes
Brightness  (B-band) 14.8 mag
Angular expansion 1 ′, 0 × 0 ′, 6
Position angle 30.2 °
Surface brightness 13.2 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Affiliation isolated  
Redshift 0.021121 ± 0.000033  
Radial velocity 6332 ± 10 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0 		(290 ± 20)  x  10 6  ly
(88.9 ± 6.2)  Mpc 
history
discovery Albert Marth
Discovery date October 30, 1864
Catalog names
NGC  15 • UGC  82 • PGC  661 • CGCG  456-035 • MCG  + 03-01-027 • 2MASX  J00090246 + 2137279 • GC  5084 • NSA 126289 • LDCE 8 NED001 • 2MIG 16

NGC 15 is a spiral galaxy of type Sa in the constellation Pegasus in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 290 million light-years away from us and approximately 85,000 light-years across.

The object was discovered on October 30, 1864 by the German astronomer Albert Marth .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Aladin Lite
  2. ↑ a b c d e NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  3. ↑ a b c d e SEDS : NGC 15
  4. ↑ LEDA: NGC 15
  5. ↑ Seligman