NGC 37
| Galaxy NGC 37 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Phoenix |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 00 h 11 m 22.7 s |
| declination | -56 ° 57 ′ 22 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | (RL) SAB0 ^ 0 |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.7 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.7 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1 ′, 1 × 0 ′, 7 |
| Position angle | 29.8 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.3 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.032719 +/- 0.000083 |
| Radial velocity | 9809 +/- 25 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(434 ± 30) x 10 6 ly (133.2 ± 9.3) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | October 2, 1836 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 37 • PGC 801 • ESO 149-022 • 2MASX J00112290-5657264 • SGC 855-5714.1 • GC 17 • h 2312 • LDCE 7 NED003 | |
NGC 37 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type SB0 in the constellation Phoenix in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 434 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 140,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies NGC 25 , NGC 28 , NGC 31 , among others .
The object was discovered by John Herschel on October 2, 1836 .
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