NGC 170
| Galaxy NGC 170 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | whale |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 00 h 36 m 45.8 s |
| declination | + 01 ° 53 ′ 11 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0-? |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.5 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.5 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.4 ′ × 0.3 ′ |
| Position angle | 79 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.3 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.014240 ± 0.000113 |
| Radial velocity | 4269 ± 34 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(195 ± 14) · 10 6 ly (59.8 ± 4.2) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Albert Marth |
| Discovery date | November 3, 1863 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 170 • PGC 2195 • CGCG 383-042 • MCG + 00-02-091 • 2MASX J00364581 + 0153111 • GC 5109 • GALEX ASC J003645.73 + 015311.6 • LDCE 34 NED001 | |
NGC 170 is an elliptical dwarf galaxy of the Hubble type E / S0 in the constellation Whale south of the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 195 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 20,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies NGC 164 , NGC 173 , NGC 182 , IC 40 , among others .
The object was discovered on November 3, 1863 by the German astronomer Albert Marth .