NGC 25
| Galaxy NGC 25 |
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| 2MASS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Phoenix |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 00 h 09 m 59.3 s |
| declination | -57 ° 01 ′ 15 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SAB0- |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.6 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.6 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.4 ′ × 0.8 ′ |
| Position angle | 83.8 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.8 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | Abell 273 |
| Redshift | 0.03157 ± 0.00011 |
| Radial velocity | 9465 ± 32 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(419 ± 29) · 10 6 ly (128.4 ± 9.0) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | October 28, 1834 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 25 • PGC 706 • ESO 149-019 • 2MASX J00095929-5701148 • SGC 730-5717.9 • GC 11 • LEDA 706 • LDCE 7 NED001 | |
NGC 25 is an elliptical galaxy of the Hubble type E / SB0 in the constellation Phoenix in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 419 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 170,000 ly. The galaxy is a member of the Abell 2731 galaxy cluster.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies NGC 28 , NGC 31 , NGC 37 , among others .
The object was discovered by John Herschel on October 28, 1834 .
Web links
Commons : NGC 25 - collection of images, videos and audio files
