NGC 38

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Galaxy
NGC 38
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SDSS recording
SDSS recording
AladinLite
Constellation fishes
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 00 h 11 m 47.0 s
declination -5 ° 35 ′ 11 ″
Appearance
Morphological type (R) SAa:  
Brightness  (visual) 13.3 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 14.2 mag
Angular expansion 1.3 ′ × 1.3 ′
Surface brightness 13.8 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.026802 ± 0.000123  
Radial velocity 8035 ± 37 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(363 ± 25)  x  10 6  ly
(111.2 ± 7.8)  Mpc 
history
discovery Édouard Stephan
Discovery date October 25, 1881
Catalog names
NGC  38 • PGC  818 • MCG  -01-01-047 • 2MASX  J00114698-0535103 • Stephan XII • GALEX ASC J001146.94-053509.7

NGC 38 is a spiral galaxy from the Hubble type Sa in the constellation fish on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 263 million light years from the Milky Way and about 150,000 light years in diameter.

The object was discovered on October 25, 1881 by the French astronomer Édouard Jean-Marie Stephan .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d e NASA / IPAC Extragalactic Database
  2. ^ A b c Students for the Exploration and Development of Space
  3. Seligman