NGC 63
| Galaxy NGC 63 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | fishes |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 00 h 17 m 45.5 s |
| declination | + 11 ° 27 ′ 01 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S pec |
| Brightness (visual) | 11.8 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 12.7 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.7 ′ × 1.1 ′ |
| Position angle | 108 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.4 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | LGG 3 |
| Redshift | 0.003869 +/- 0.000003 |
| Radial velocity | (1160 ± 1) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(58 ± 4) · 10 6 ly (17.7 ± 1.2) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Heinrich Ludwig d'Arrest |
| Discovery date | August 27, 1865 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 63 • UGC 167 • PGC 1160 • CGCG 433-042 • MCG + 02-01-030 • IRAS 00151 + 1110 • 2MASX J00174552 + 1127012 • GC 5093 • | |
NGC 63 is a spiral galaxy in the constellation Pisces on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 58 million light years from the Milky Way and about 30,000 light years in diameter.
The object was discovered by Heinrich Ludwig d'Arrest on August 27, 1865 .
NGC 63 group ( LGG 3 )
| Galaxy | Alternative name | Distance / million Lj |
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| NGC 63 | PGC 1160 | 58 |
| UGC 156 | PGC 1107 | 57 |
| UGC 191 | PGC 1292 | 57 |