NGC 49
Galaxy NGC 49 |
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2MASS recording | |
AladinLite | |
Constellation | Andromeda |
Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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Right ascension | 00 h 14 m 22.4 s |
declination | + 48 ° 14 ′ 48 ″ |
Appearance | |
Morphological type | S0? |
Brightness (visual) | 14.1 mag |
Brightness (B-band) | 15.1 mag |
Angular expansion | 1.1 ′ × 1 ′ |
Position angle | 160.9 ° |
Surface brightness | 14.1 mag / arcmin² |
Physical data | |
Affiliation | WBL 005-005 |
Redshift | 0.015924 ± 0.000080 |
Radial velocity | 4774 ± 24 km / s |
Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(222 ± 16) · 10 6 ly (68.1 ± 4.8) Mpc |
history | |
discovery | Lewis A. Swift |
Discovery date | September 7, 1885 |
Catalog names | |
NGC 49 • UGC 136 • PGC 952 • CGCG 549-029 • MCG + 08-01-033 • 2MASX J00142243 + 4814475 • GALEX ASC J001422.34 + 481445.1 • LDCE 6 NED009 |
NGC 49 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0 in the constellation Andromeda in the northern sky . It is an estimated 222 million light years from the Milky Way and about 70,000 light years in diameter .
The galaxies NGC 48 , NGC 51 , IC 1535 , IC 1536 are located in the same area of the sky .
The object was discovered on September 7, 1885 by the American astronomer Lewis A. Swift .
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