NGC 193
Galaxy NGC 193 |
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AladinLite | |
Constellation | fishes |
Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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Right ascension | 00 h 39 m 18.6 s |
declination | + 03 ° 19 ′ 52 ″ |
Appearance | |
Morphological type | SAB (s) 0-: |
Brightness (visual) | 12.4 mag |
Brightness (B-band) | 13.4 mag |
Angular expansion | 1.4 ′ × 1.2 ′ |
Position angle | 55 ° |
Surface brightness | 13.0 mag / arcmin² |
Physical data | |
Redshift | 0.014723 ± 0.000050 |
Radial velocity | 4414 ± 15 km / s |
Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(202 ± 14) · 10 6 ly (61.8 ± 4.3) Mpc |
history | |
discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
Discovery date | December 21, 1786 |
Catalog names | |
NGC 193 • UGC 408 • PGC 2359 • CGCG 383-055 • MCG + 00-02-103 • 2MASX J00391857 + 0319528 • GC 94 • H III 595 • h 37 • GALEX ASC J003918.54 + 031951.5 • LDCE 34 NED006 |
NGC 193 is an elliptical radio galaxy of the Hubble type E / SB0 in the constellation Pisces on the ecliptic . It is an estimated 202 million light years away from the Milky Way and about 85,000 light years across .
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies NGC 199 , NGC 202 , NGC 203 , NGC 204 .
The object was discovered on December 21, 1786 by the German-British astronomer Wilhelm Herschel .
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/NGC193_-_HST_06673_07_R814GB555.png/220px-NGC193_-_HST_06673_07_R814GB555.png)
A high-resolution image from the Hubble Space Telescope at the center of NGC 193 shows clouds of dust present there
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