NGC 39
| Galaxy NGC 39 |
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| NGC 39 SDSS image | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Andromeda |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 00 h 12 m 18.8 s |
| declination | + 31 ° 03 ′ 40 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SA (rs) c |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.6 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.3 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.1 ′ × 1 ′ |
| Position angle | 87 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.6 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation |
NGC 7819 Group NGC 7831 Group LGG 1 |
| Redshift | 0.016201 ± 0.000037 |
| Radial velocity | 4857 ± 11 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(225 ± 16) x 10 6 ly (68.9 ± 4.8) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | November 2, 1790 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 39 • UGC 114 • PGC 852 • CGCG 499-076 • MCG + 05-01-052 • IRAS 00096 + 3046 • 2MASX J00121885 + 3103399 • GC 18 • H III 861 • h 7 • GALEX ASC J001218.93 + 310341.5 • LDCE 9 NED001 • NVSS J001219 + 310332 | |
NGC 39 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sc in the constellation Andromeda on the northern sky . It is an estimated 225 million light years away from the Milky Way and about 70,000 light years in diameter . The galaxy is considered a member of the NGC 7831 group ( LGG 1 ).
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 43 and NGC 44 .
The object was discovered on November 2, 1790 by the German-British astronomer Wilhelm Herschel .
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