Astronomy:NGC 1166

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NGC 1166
Observation data (J2000.0 epoch)
ConstellationAries[1]
Right ascension 03h 00m 34.98s[2]
Declination+11° 50′ 33.9″[2]
Redshift0.025965[2]
Helio radial velocity7784±6 km/s[2]
Distance112 Mpc[2]
Apparent magnitude (V)~14[3]
Apparent magnitude (B)15.4[4]
Characteristics
TypeSab[2]
Apparent size (V)84.80"[2]
Other designations
PGC 11324, MCG -02-08-034, UGC 2437[4]

NGC 1166 is a spiral galaxy located in the constellation Aries. It is situated approximately 112 million parsecs away from Earth and was discovered by the German astronomer Albert Marth on October 1, 1864.[3]

Supernovae

Two supernovae have been observed in NGC 1166:

  • SN 2018htf (Type II, mag. 17.9) was discovered by the Puckett Observatory Supernovae Search (POSS) on 3 November 2018.[5]
  • SN 2021zby (Type IIb, mag. 18.162) was discovered by ATLAS on 17 September 2021.[6]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Roman, Nancy G. (1987). "Identification of a constellation from a position". Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific 99 (617): 695. doi:10.1086/132034. Bibcode: 1987PASP...99..695R  Constellation record for this object at VizieR.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 "NGC 1166". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. https://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/byname?objname=NGC+1166&name=NGC+1166. Retrieved 2024-12-22. 
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Seligman, Courtney. "New General Catalog Objects: NGC 1150 - 1199". https://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ngc11a.htm. 
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "NGC 1166". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=NGC+1166. 
  5. ↑ "SN 2018htf". IAU. https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2018htf. 
  6. ↑ "SN 2021zby". IAU. https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2021zby. 



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