NGC 179
| Galaxy NGC 179 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | whale |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 00 h 37 m 46.3 s |
| declination | -17 ° 50 ′ 58 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SAB0- |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.2 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.2 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.9 ′ × 0.8 ′ |
| Position angle | 113 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.8 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.019934 ± 0.000030 |
| Radial velocity | 5976 ± 9 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(268 ± 19) · 10 6 ly (82.3 ± 5.8) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Francis P. Leavenworth |
| Discovery date | 1886 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 179 • PGC 2253 • ESO 540-007 • MCG -03-02-026 • 2MASX J00374629-1750578 • SGC 003516-1807.5 • GALEX ASC J003746.24-175058.6 | |
NGC 179 is an elliptical galaxy of Hubble type E / S0 in the constellation Cetus south of the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 268 million light years from the Milky Way and about 70,000 light years in diameter .
The galaxy NGC 209 is located in the same area of the sky .
The object was discovered in 1886 by the American astronomer Francis Preserved Leavenworth .