Astronomy:NGC 100

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Short description: Galaxy located in the constellation Pisces
NGC 100
NGC 100 SDSS
SDSS image of NGC 100
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
ConstellationPisces
Right ascension 00h 24m 02.837s[1]
Declination+16° 29′ 11.00″[1]
Redshift0.002805[2]
Helio radial velocity841[2]
Distance60.18 ± 0.65 Mly (18.45 ± 0.20 Mpc)[3]
Apparent magnitude (V)13.26[2]
Apparent magnitude (B)14.6[4]
Characteristics
TypeScd:[2]
Size113,400 ly (34,770 pc)[2]
Apparent size (V)6.16 × 0.64[2]
Other designations
UGC 231, MGC+03-02-009, PGC 1525[4]

NGC 100 is a galaxy located approximately 60 million light-years from the Solar System[2] in the constellation Pisces. It has an apparent magnitude of 13.2. It was first discovered on 10 November 1885 by American astronomer Lewis Swift.

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References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Skrutskie, Michael F.; Cutri, Roc M.; Stiening, Rae; Weinberg, Martin D.; Schneider, Stephen E.; Carpenter, John M.; Beichman, Charles A.; Capps, Richard W. et al. (1 February 2006). "The Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS)". The Astronomical Journal 131 (2): 1163–1183. doi:10.1086/498708. ISSN 0004-6256. Bibcode2006AJ....131.1163S. https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2006AJ....131.1163S/abstract. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 "NED results for object NGC 100". National Aeronautics and Space Administration / Infrared Processing and Analysis Center. http://nedwww.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/nph-objsearch?objname=NGC+100&extend=no&out_csys=Equatorial&out_equinox=J2000.0&obj_sort=RA+or+Longitude&of=pre_text&zv_breaker=30000.0&list_limit=5&img_stamp=YES. 
  3. Tully, R. Brent (2013). "Cosmicflows-2: The Data". The Astronomical Journal 146 (4): 86. doi:10.1088/0004-6256/146/4/86. Bibcode2013AJ....146...86T. 
  4. 4.0 4.1 "NGC 100". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=NGC+100. 

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Coordinates: Sky map 00h 24m 02.8s, +16° 29′ 11″