NGC 170
Galaxy NGC 170 |
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SDSS recording | |
AladinLite | |
Constellation | whale |
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 |
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 .