NGC 174
| Galaxy NGC 174 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | sculptor |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 00 h 36 m 58.9 s |
| declination | -29 ° 28 ′ 40 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB (rs) 0 / a / HII |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.9 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.8 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.4 ′ × 0.6 ′ |
| Position angle | 152 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.6 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.011905 ± 0.000030 |
| Radial velocity | 3569 ± 9 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(159 ± 11) · 10 6 ly (48.8 ± 3.4) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | September 27, 1834 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 174 • PGC 2206 • ESO 411-001 • MCG -05-02-028 • IRAS 00345-2945 • 2MASX J00365892-2928403 • SGC 003431-2945.2 • GC 85 • h 2333 • AM 0034-294 | |
NGC 174 is a lenticular galaxy with extensive star formation regions of the Hubble type SB0 / a in the constellation Sculptor in the southern sky . It is an estimated 159 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 65,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky is the galaxy IC 1555 .
The object was discovered on September 27, 1834 by the British astronomer John Herschel .