NGC 61
| Galaxy NGC 61 |
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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 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 |
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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 .