NGC 196
| Galaxy NGC 196 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | whale |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 00 h 39 m 17.8 s |
| declination | + 00 ° 54 ′ 46 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB0 / pec: |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.6 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.6 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.3 ′ × 0.8 ′ |
| Position angle | 3 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.5 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | HCG 7 WBL 15 NGC 173 group NGC 192 group LGG |
| Redshift | 0.014193 ± 0.000080 |
| Radial velocity | 4255 ± 24 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(194 ± 14) · 10 6 ly (59.5 ± 4.2) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | December 28, 1790 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 196 • UGC 405 • PGC 2357 • CGCG 383-053 NED01 • MCG + 00-02-110 • 2MASX J00391786 + 0054458 • HCG 7B • VV 433 • GC 100 • H II 860 • h 41 • GALEX ASC J003917.69 + 005445.9 • LDCE 0034 NED005 | |
NGC 196 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type SB0 in the constellation Whale south of the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 194 million light years away from the Milky Way and about 75,000 light years in diameter. Together with NGC 173 , NGC 192 , NGC 197 , NGC 201 and NGC 237 , it forms the Hickson compact group HCG 7 or NGC 192 group .
The object was discovered on December 28, 1790 by the German-British astronomer Wilhelm Herschel .
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