NGC 180
| Galaxy NGC 180 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | fishes |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 00 h 37 m 57.7 s |
| declination | + 08 ° 38 ′ 07 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB (rs) bc |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.0 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.8 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.9 ′ × 1.3 ′ |
| Position angle | 160 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.8 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | +0.017616 ± 0.000003 |
| Radial velocity | (+5281 ± 1) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(241 ± 17) x 10 6 ly (73.9 ± 5.2) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | December 29, 1790 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 180 • UGC 380 • PGC 2268 • CGCG 409-050 • MCG + 01-02-039 • IRAS 00353 + 0821 • 2MASX J00375769 + 0838068 • GC 88 • H III 876 • LEDA 2268 • LDCE 30 NED004 | |
NGC 180 is a barred spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBbc in the constellation Pisces on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 241 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 135,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies IC 34 .
The type IIP supernova SN 2001dj was observed here.
The object was discovered on December 29, 1790 by the German-British astronomer Wilhelm Herschel .