Astronomy:NGC 117
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Short description: Lenticular galaxy in the constellation Cetus
Coordinates: 
00h 27m 11.14s, +01° 20′ 00.5″
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 SDSS image of NGC 117 | |
| Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
| Constellation | Cetus |
| Right ascension | 00h 27m 11.14s[1] |
| Declination | +01° 20′ 00.5″[1] |
| Redshift | 0.017972[2] |
| Helio radial velocity | 5339 ± 35 km/s[2] |
| Distance | 234.9 Mly (72.02 Mpc)[3] |
| Apparent magnitude (B) | 15.41[1] |
| Characteristics | |
| Type | S0+:[4] |
| Other designations | |
| MCG+00-02-029, PGC 1674[2] | |
NGC 117 is a lenticular galaxy with a magnitude of 14.3 in the constellation Cetus. NGC 117 is its New General Catalogue designation. It was discovered on September 13, 1863, by the astronomer Albert Marth.[5]
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Search specification: NGC 117". HyperLeda. Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1. http://leda.univ-lyon1.fr/ledacat.cgi?o=NGC%20117. Retrieved 2021-02-23.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "NGC 117". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=NGC+117.
- ↑ Crook, Aidan C.; Huchra, John P.; Martimbeau, Nathalie; Masters, Karen L.; Jarrett, Tom; Macri, Lucas M. (2007). "Groups of Galaxies in the Two Micron All Sky Redshift Survey". The Astrophysical Journal 655 (2): 790–813. doi:10.1086/510201. Bibcode: 2007ApJ...655..790C.
- ↑ "Results for object NGC 0117 (NGC 117)". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. California Institute of Technology. https://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/byname?objname=NGC%20117&hconst=67.8&omegam=0.308&omegav=0.692&wmap=4&corr_z=1. Retrieved 2021-02-23.
- ↑ Seligman, Courtney. "New General Catalogue objects: NGC 100 - 149". http://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ngc1.htm#117. Retrieved 2021-02-23.
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