NGC 16
| Galaxy data from NGC 16 |
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![SDSS image from NGC 16 [1]](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:NGC16_-_SDSS_DR14.jpg)
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| SDSS image from NGC 16 | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Pegasus |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 00 h 09 m 04.3 s |
| declination | + 27 ° 43 ′ 46 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SAB0- |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.0 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.0 likes |
| Angular expansion | 1.8 ′ × 1 ′ |
| Position angle | 16 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.7 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.010340 ± 0.000057 |
| Radial velocity | 3100 ± 17 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(146 ± 10) · 10 6 ly (44.8 ± 3.1) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | September 8, 1784 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 16 • UGC 80 • PGC 660 • CGCG 477-061 • MCG + 04-01-032 • 2MASX J00090429 + 2743460 • GC 8 • H IV 15 • h 4 • NSA 126291 | |
NGC 16 is a lenticular galaxy in the constellation Pegasus in the northern sky . It is about 146 million light-years away from the Milky Way and about 75,000 light-years in diameter. NGC 16 appears to be a completely isolated object, at least 20 million light years away from any other galaxy of significant size.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies NGC 1 , NGC 2 , NGC 22 .
The object was discovered on September 8, 1784 by the German-British astronomer Wilhelm Herschel .