NGC 50
| Galaxy NGC 50 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | whale |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 00 h 14 m 44.6 s |
| declination | -07 ° 20 ′ 42 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0- / pec |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.3 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.3 mag |
| Angular expansion | 2.3 ′ × 1.7 ′ |
| Position angle | 153.7 ° |
| Surface brightness | 14.0 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.019016 ± 0.000030 |
| Radial velocity | 5701 ± 9 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(258 ± 18) x 10 6 ly (79.2 ± 5.5) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Gaspare St. Ferrari |
| Discovery date | 1865 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 50 • PGC 983 • MCG -01-01-058 • 2MASX J00144455-0720423 • GC 5092 • NSA 126449 • LDCE 10 NED003 | |
NGC 50 is an elliptical galaxy of Hubble type E / S0 in the constellation Cetus south of the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 258 million light years from the Milky Way and about 180,000 light years in diameter .
The galaxies NGC 47 , NGC 54 , NGC 64 are located in the same area of the sky .
The Type Ia supernova SN 2008db was observed here.
The object was discovered in 1865 by the Italian astronomer Gaspare Stanislao Ferrari .
Web links
Commons : NGC 50 - collection of images, videos and audio files
