NGC 61
Galaxy NGC 61 |
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SDSS recording | |
AladinLite | |
Constellation | whale |
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 |
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 .