NGC 160
| Galaxy NGC 160 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Andromeda |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 00 h 36 m 04.0 s |
| declination | + 23 ° 57 ′ 28 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | (R) SA0 + / pec |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.6 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.5 likes |
| Angular expansion | 2.3 ′ × 1.2 ′ |
| Position angle | 45 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.6 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.017525 ± 0.000017 |
| Radial velocity | 5254 ± 5 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(241 ± 17) x 10 6 ly (74 ± 5.2) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | December 5, 1785 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 160 • UGC 356 • PGC 2154 • CGCG 479-043 • MCG + 04-02-033 • 2MASX J00360404 + 2357283 • GC 79 • H III-476 • h 32 • GALEX MSC J003604.09 + 235729.1 | |
NGC 160 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0 / a in the constellation Andromeda in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 241 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 160,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies NGC 169 and IC 1559 , among others .
The object was discovered by Wilhelm Herschel on December 5, 1785 .
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