NGC 36
Galaxy NGC 36 |
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LEDA 797 & NGC 36 SDSS image of NGC 36 | |
AladinLite | |
Constellation | fishes |
Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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Right ascension | 00 h 11 m 22.3 s |
declination | + 06 ° 23 ′ 22 ″ |
Appearance | |
Morphological type | SAB (rs) b / LINER |
Brightness (visual) | 13.3 mag |
Brightness (B-band) | 14.1 mag |
Angular expansion | 2.8 ′ × 1.7 ′ |
Position angle | 14.9 ° |
Surface brightness | 14.1 mag / arcmin² |
Physical data | |
Redshift | 0.020114 ± 0.000013 |
Radial velocity | 6030 ± 4 km / s |
Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(275 ± 19) x 10 6 ly (84.3 ± 5.9) Mpc |
history | |
discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
Discovery date | October 25, 1785 |
Catalog names | |
NGC 36 • UGC 106 • PGC 798 • CGCG 408-040 • MCG + 01-01-043 • IRAS 00088 + 0606 • 2MASX J00112231 + 0623212 • GC 19 • H III 456 • HIPASS J0011 + 06 |
NGC 36 is a bar-spiral galaxy with an active nucleus of the Hubble type SBb in the constellation Pisces on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 275 million light years from the Milky Way and about 175,000 light years across.
The object was discovered on October 25, 1785 by the German-British astronomer Wilhelm Herschel .