NGC 85
| Galaxy NGC 85 |
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| SDSS image from NGC 85, | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Andromeda |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 00 h 21 m 25.5 s |
| declination | + 22 ° 30 ′ 42 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0 |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.8 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.8 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0 ′, 7 × 0 ′, 5 |
| Position angle | 146 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.5 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | NGC-80 group |
| Redshift | 0.020694 ± 0.000080 |
| Radial velocity | 6204 ± 24 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(284 ± 20) x 10 6 ly (87.1 ± 6.1) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Ralph Copeland |
| Discovery date | November 15, 1873 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 85 • PGC 1375 • CGCG 479-009 • MCG + 04-02-007 • 2MASX J00212557 + 2230421 • GC 5095 • LDCE 0017 NED009 | |
NGC 85 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0 in the constellation Andromeda in the northern sky . It is about 284 million light years away from the Milky Way and about 30,000 - 35,000 light years in diameter .
She is a member of the NGC-80 group. A few arc seconds east of their position is IC 1546 (NGC 85A).
The object was discovered on November 15, 1873 by the Scottish astronomer Ralph Copeland .