NGC 194
| Galaxy NGC 194 |
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![NGC 194 [1] SDSS image](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:NGC194_-_SDSS_DR14.jpg)
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| NGC 194 SDSS image | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | fishes |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 00 h 39 m 18.42 s |
| declination | + 03 ° 02 ′ 14.8 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E. |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.2 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.2 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.6 ′ × 1.4 ′ |
| Position angle | 30 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.1 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | NGC 198 group LGG 9 |
| Redshift | 0.017439 ± 0.000037 |
| Radial velocity | 5228 ± 11 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(238 ± 17) x 10 6 ly (72.9 ± 5.1) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | December 25, 1790 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 194 • UGC 407 • PGC 2362 • CGCG 383-054 • MCG + 00-02-105 • 2MASX J00391842 + 0302148 • GC 98 • H II 856 • h 40 • GALEX ASC J003918.38 + 030216.2 • LDCE 36 NED002 • NSA 127392 | |
NGC 194 is an elliptical galaxy of Hubble type E in the constellation Pisces on the ecliptic . It is an estimated 238 million light-years from the Milky Way and about 110,000 light-years across. Together with three other galaxies, it forms the NGC 198 group ( LGG 9 ).
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies NGC 186 , NGC 198 , NGC 199 , NGC 200 .
The object was discovered on December 25, 1790 by the German-British astronomer Wilhelm Herschel .