Astronomy:NGC 115
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Short description: Galaxy in the constellation of Sculptor
| NGC 115 | |
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 ESO KIDS image of NGC 115 | |
| Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
| Constellation | Sculptor |
| Right ascension | 00h 26m 46.278s[1] |
| Declination | −33° 40′ 37.56″[1] |
| Redshift | 0.006118[2] |
| Helio radial velocity | 1828 km/s[2] |
| Distance | 85 Mly (26 Mpc)[3] |
| Characteristics | |
| Type | SB(s)bc:[4] |
| Size | 50 kly (15 kpc)[3] |
| Other designations | |
| MCG-06-02-006, PGC 1651[2] | |
NGC 115 is a barred spiral galaxy located in the southern constellation of Sculptor. It was discovered by the British astronomer John Herschel on September 25, 1834.[3] The galaxy is approximately 85 million light-years from the Sun, and is about 50,000 light-years in diameter,[3] nearly half the size of our home galaxy, the Milky Way.
References
- ↑ 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. Bibcode: 2006AJ....131.1163S.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "NGC 115". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=NGC+115.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Seligman, Courtney. "New General Catalogue objects: NGC 100 - 149". http://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ngc1.htm#115. Retrieved 2021-02-10.
- ↑ "Results for object NGC 0115 (NGC 115)". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. California Institute of Technology. https://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/byname?objname=NGC%20115&hconst=67.8&omegam=0.308&omegav=0.692&wmap=4&corr_z=1. Retrieved 2021-02-10.
External links
- NGC 115 on WikiSky: DSS2, SDSS, GALEX, IRAS, Hydrogen α, X-Ray, Astrophoto, Sky Map, Articles and images
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