NGC 9
Galaxy NGC 9 |
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NGC 9 SDSS image | |
AladinLite | |
Constellation | Pegasus |
Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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Right ascension | 00 h 08 m 54.70 s |
declination | + 23 ° 49 ′ 01 ″ |
Appearance | |
Morphological type | Sb: / pec / HII |
Brightness (visual) | 13.7 mag |
Brightness (B-band) | 14.5 mag |
Angular expansion | 1.3 '× 0.7' |
Position angle | 148.8 ° |
Surface brightness | 13.3 mag / arcmin² |
Physical data | |
Redshift | 0.015104 ± 0.000033 |
Radial velocity | 4528 ± 10.1 km / s |
Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(210 ± 15) · 10 6 ly (64.3 ± 4.5) Mpc |
history | |
discovery | Otto Wilhelm von Struve |
Discovery date | September 27, 1865 |
Catalog names | |
NGC 9 • UGC 78 • PGC 652 • CGCG 477-059 • CGCG 478-031 • MCG + 04-01-030 • IRAS 00063 + 2332 • KUG 006 + 235 • 2MASX J00085471 + 2349009 • GC 5083 • KIG 6 • HOLM 3A • NVSS J000854 + 234903 • WISEA J000854.64 + 234901.8 |
NGC 9 is a spiral galaxy of the Hubble type Sb with extensive star formation areas in the constellation Pegasus in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 210 million light years from the Milky Way and about 65,000 light years in diameter.
The object was discovered on September 27, 1865 by the German-Baltic astronomer Otto Wilhelm von Struve .
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