NGC 60
| Galaxy NGC 60 |
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![NGC 60 with LEDA 212494 (ru) [1] SDSS](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:NGC60_-_SDSS_DR14.jpg)
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| NGC 60 with LEDA 212494 (ru) SDSS | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | fishes |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 00 h 15 m 58.244 s |
| declination | -00 ° 18 ′ 12.65 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SA (r) cd / pec / LINER |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.2 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.9 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.3 ′ × 1.2 ′ |
| Position angle | 155 ° |
| Surface brightness | 14.5 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.039452 ± 0.000091 |
| Radial velocity | 11,827 ± 27 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(533 ± 37) · 10 6 ly (163.4 ± 11.4) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Édouard Stephan |
| Discovery date | November 2, 1882 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 60 • UGC 150 • PGC 1058 • CGCG 382-037 • MCG + 00-01-048 • 2MASX J00155824-0018130 • SDSS J001558.24-001812.6 • WISEA J001558.25-001812.6 | |
NGC 60 is a spiral galaxy of the Hubble type Sc with an active galaxy core in the constellation Pisces on the ecliptic . It is an estimated 533 million light years away from the Milky Way and is approximately 175,000 light years in diameter.
Its distorted shape is typical of interacting galaxies , the most likely cause being PGC 3111352 , a dwarf galaxy 30,000 light years across on the eastern edge.
The object was discovered on November 2, 1882 by the French astronomer Édouard Jean-Marie Stephan .