Astronomy:NGC 120
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Short description: Galaxy in the constellation Cetus
Coordinates: 
00h 27m 30.09072s, −01° 30′ 48.4591″
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 legacy surveys DR9 image of NGC 120 | |
| Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
| Constellation | Cetus |
| Right ascension | 00h 27m 30.09072s[1] |
| Declination | −01° 30′ 48.4591″[1] |
| Redshift | 0.0136[2] |
| Helio radial velocity | 4057 km/s[2] |
| Distance | 168.0 Mly (51.52 Mpc)[3] |
| Apparent magnitude (B) | 14.8[2] |
| Characteristics | |
| Type | SB00:[4] |
| Other designations | |
| UGC 267, MCG+00-02-033, PGC 1693[2] | |
NGC 120 is a lenticular galaxy of type SB0? pec? with an apparent magnitude of 13.4 located in the constellation Cetus.[5] It was discovered on 27 September 1880 by Wilhelm Tempel.[5]
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Brown, A. G. A. (August 2018). "Gaia Data Release 2: Summary of the contents and survey properties". Astronomy & Astrophysics 616: A1. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201833051. Bibcode: 2018A&A...616A...1G. Gaia DR2 record for this source at VizieR.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 "NGC 120". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=NGC+120.
- ↑ Tully, R. Brent (2013). "Cosmicflows-2: The Data". The Astronomical Journal 146 (4): 86. doi:10.1088/0004-6256/146/4/86. Bibcode: 2013AJ....146...86T.
- ↑ "Results for object NGC 0120 (NGC 120)". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. California Institute of Technology. https://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/byname?objname=NGC%20120&hconst=67.8&omegam=0.308&omegav=0.692&wmap=4&corr_z=1. Retrieved 2021-02-21.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Seligman, Courtney. "New General Catalogue objects: NGC 100 - 149". http://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ngc1.htm#120. Retrieved 2021-02-21.
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