NGC 66
| Galaxy NGC 66 |
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| NGC 66 & NGC 65 | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | whale |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 00 h 19 m 04.94 s |
| declination | -22 ° 56 ′ 11 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB (r) b / pec / HII |
| Brightness (visual) | +13.4 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | +14.2 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.2 ′ × 0.48 ′ |
| Position angle | 32 ° |
| Surface brightness | +13.1 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.025364 ± 0.000033 |
| Radial velocity | 7604 ± 10 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(341 ± 342) · 10 6 ly (104.5 ± 105.0) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Frank Muller |
| Discovery date | 1886 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 66 • PGC 1236 • ESO 473-010 • MCG -04-02-002 • IRAS 00165-2312 • 2MASX J00190494-2256111 • SGC 01633-2312.9 • LDCE 16 NED002 | |
NGC 66 is a barred spiral galaxy with extensive star formation from Hubble type SBb in the constellation Cetus south of the celestial equator . It is estimated to be 341 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 120,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies NGC 65 and NGC 77 , among others .
The object was discovered in 1886 by the astronomer Frank Muller .
Web links
Commons : NGC 66 - collection of images, videos, and audio files
