NGC 150
| Galaxy NGC 150 |
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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 | -27 ° 48 ′ 13 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB (rs) bc / HII |
| Brightness (visual) | 11.2 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 12.0 mag |
| Angular expansion | 3.9 ′ × 1.9 ′ |
| Position angle | 118 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.2 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.005284 ± 0.000013 |
| Radial velocity | 1584 ± 4 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(71 ± 5) · 10 6 ly (21.7 ± 1.5) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Lewis A. Swift |
| Discovery date | November 20, 1886 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 150 • UGC UGCA 7 • PGC 2052 • ESO 410-G019 • MCG -05-02-018 • IRAS 00317-2804 • 2MASX J00341548-2748131 • AM 0031-280 | |
NGC 150 is a barred spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SB (rs) bc in the constellation Sculptor in the southern sky . It is about 71 million light years away from the Milky Way , with a diameter of about 55,000 light years. The supernova SN 1990k was sighted here in 1990 .
NGC 150 is a member of the NGC-134 group , a galaxy group that also includes NGC 115 , NGC 131 , NGC 134 and NGC 148 , PGC 2000 , IC 1555 and PGC 2044 .
The galaxy NGC 150 was discovered on November 20, 1886 by the American astronomer Lewis A. Swift .