NGC 163
| Galaxy NGC 163 |
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![NGC 163 with LEDA 143641 [1] SDSS recording](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:NGC163_-_SDSS_DR14.jpg)
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| NGC 163 with LEDA 143641 SDSS Recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | whale |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 00 h 35 m 59.8 s |
| declination | -10 ° 07 ′ 18 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E0 |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.7 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.7 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.6 ′ × 1.2 ′ |
| Position angle | 85 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.5 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.019954 ± 0.000047 |
| Radial velocity | +5982 ± 14 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(270 ± 19) · 10 6 ly (82.7 ± 5.8) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | December 10, 1798 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 163 • PGC 2149 • MCG -02-02-066 • 2MASX J00355984-1007183 • GC 81 • H III 954 • GALEX ASC J003559.73-100715.9 • LDCE 32 NED002 | |
NGC 163 is an elliptical galaxy of Hubble type E3 in the constellation Cetus south of the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 270 million light years from the Milky Way and about 125,000 light years across .
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies NGC 151 , NGC 155 , NGC 165 .
The object was discovered on December 10, 1798 by the German-British astronomer Wilhelm Herschel .
Web links
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