NGC 61

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Galaxy
NGC 61
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NGC61 - SDSS DR14.jpg
SDSS recording
AladinLite
Constellation whale
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 00 h 16 m 24.2 s
declination -06 ° 19 ′ 10 ″
Appearance
Morphological type S0 pec? + S0  
Brightness  (visual) A: 13.4 mag
B: 14.5 mag
Brightness  (B-band) A: 14.4 mag
B: 15.5 mag
Angular expansion A: 1.1 / 0.7
B: 0.9 / 0.4
Position angle A: 24 °
B: 63 °
Surface brightness 13.0 mag / arcmin²
B: 13.3 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.026919  
Radial velocity 8070 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(364 ± 25)  x  10 6  ly
(111.6 ± 7.8)  Mpc 
history
discovery Wilhelm Herschel
Discovery date September 10, 1785
Catalog names
NGC  61A / B • PGC  1083/1085 • MCG  -01-01-062 / 063 • VV  742 • H III 428 • h 14 • GC 30

NGC 61 is a pair of galaxies in the constellation Cetus , approximately 364 million light years from the Milky Way.

The object was discovered by Wilhelm Herschel on September 10, 1785 .

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e f SEDS : NGC 61
  3. Seligman