NGC 51
| Galaxy NGC 51 |
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| 2MASS image of NGC 51 | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Andromeda |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 00 h 14 m 34.9 s |
| declination | + 48 ° 15 ′ 20 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0 ^ 0 ^ pec: / LINER |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.2 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.2 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.3 ′ × 1 ′ |
| Position angle | 20 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.4 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | WBL 005-006 |
| Redshift | 0.017849 ± 0.000060 |
| Radial velocity | 5351 ± 18 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(248 ± 17) · 10 6 ly (76.0 ± 5.3) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Lewis A. Swift |
| Discovery date | September 7, 1885 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 51 • UGC 138 • PGC 974 • CGCG 549-031 • MCG + 08-01-035 • 2MASX J00143489 + 4815198 • NPM1G +47.0009 • LDCE 6 NED010 | |
NGC 51 is a lenticular galaxy with an active nucleus of the Hubble type S0 in the constellation Andromeda in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 248 million light years from the Milky Way and about 95,000 light years in diameter .
The galaxies NGC 48 , NGC 49 , IC 1535 , IC 1536 are located in the same area of the sky .
The Type Ia supernova SN 2016gxp was observed here.
The object was discovered on September 7, 1885 by the American astronomer Lewis A. Swift .
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