NGC 186
| Galaxy NGC 186 |
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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 38 m 25.3 s |
| declination | + 03 ° 09 ′ 59 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB0 + / pec: |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.6 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.5 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.4 ′ × 0.8 ′ |
| Position angle | 23 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.6 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.015551 ± 0.000167 |
| Radial velocity | 4662 ± 50 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(213 ± 15) x 10 6 ly (65.2 ± 4.6) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Heinrich d'Arrest |
| Discovery date | September 23, 1862 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 186 • UGC 390 • PGC 2291 • CGCG 383-047 • MCG + 00-02-098 • 2MASX J00382530 + 0309592 • GC 91/99 • GALEX ASC J003825.29 + 030959.1 • LDCE 34 NED003 | |
NGC 186 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type SB0 + in the constellation Pisces on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 213 million light years from the Milky Way and about 85,000 light years in diameter .
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies NGC 193 , NGC 194 , NGC 199 , NGC 204 .
The object was discovered on September 23, 1862 by the German-Danish astronomer Heinrich Ludwig d'Arrest .
Web links
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