NGC 36

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Galaxy
NGC 36
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LEDA 797 & NGC 36 [1] SDSS image of NGC 36
LEDA 797 & NGC 36 SDSS image of NGC 36
AladinLite
Constellation fishes
Position
equinox :  J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
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 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Aladin Lite
  2. ↑ a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  3. ↑ a b c d e SEDS : NGC 36
  4. ↑ LEDA: NGC 36
  5. ↑ Seligman