NGC 26
| Galaxy data from NGC 26 |
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| SDSS image of the galaxy NGC 26 | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Pegasus |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 00 h 10 m 26 s |
| declination | + 25 ° 49 ′ 55 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SA (rs) off |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.9 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.7 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.9 ′ × 1.4 ′ |
| Position angle | 102 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.9 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation |
NGC 23 group LGG 2 |
| Redshift | 0.015317 ± 0.000007 |
| Radial velocity | 4592 ± 2 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 14, 1865 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 26 • UGC 94 • PGC 732 • CGCG 477-064 • MCG + 04-01-034 • IRAS 00078 + 2533 • KUG 0007 + 255 • 2MASX J00102587 + 2549544 • NVSS J001025 + 254957 • GC 5087 • | |
NGC 26 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sab in the constellation Pegasus at the northern sky . It is an estimated 213 million light years from the Milky Way and about 130,000 light years in diameter . It probably forms a bound galaxy pair with NGC 23 .
The object was discovered on September 14, 1865 by the German-Danish astronomer Heinrich Louis d'Arrest .
Web links
Commons : NGC 26 - collection of images, videos and audio files
