NGC 49
| Galaxy NGC 49 |
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| 2MASS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Andromeda |
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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 |
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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 .
Web links
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