NGC 183
| Galaxy NGC 183 |
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![NGC 183 [1] SDSS image](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:NGC183_-_SDSS_DR14.jpg)
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| NGC 183 SDSS image | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Andromeda |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 00 h 38 m 29.39 s |
| declination | + 29 ° 30 ′ 40.4 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E. |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.6 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.6 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.7 ′ × 1.1 ′ |
| Position angle | 130 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.3 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation |
Abell 71 WBL 13 |
| Redshift | 0.018019 ± 0.000103 |
| Radial velocity | 5402 ± 31 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(249 ± 18) · 10 6 ly (76.2 ± 5.4) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Truman Henry Safford |
| Discovery date | November 5, 1866 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 183 • UGC 387 • PGC 2298 • CGCG 500-057 • MCG + 05-02-035 • 2MASX J00382939 + 2930404 • = GALEX ASC J003829.39 + 293039.4 • LDCE 39 NED003 • WISEA J003829.39 + 293040.2 | |
NGC 183 is an elliptical galaxy of Hubble type E4 in the constellation Andromeda on the northern sky . It is an estimated 249 million light years from the Milky Way and about 125,000 light years across.
The galaxies NGC 181 , NGC 184 , IC 43 lie in the same area of the sky .
The object was discovered on November 5, 1866 by the astronomer Truman Henry Safford .