Astronomy:NGC 160
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Short description: Lenticular galaxy in Andromeda
| NGC 160 | |
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 SDSS image of NGC 160 | |
| Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
| Constellation | Andromeda |
| Right ascension | 00h 36m 04.048s[1] |
| Declination | +23° 57′ 28.37″[1] |
| Redshift | 0.017525[2] |
| Helio radial velocity | 5254[2] |
| Distance | 233.20 ± 38.28 Mly (71.500 ± 11.738 Mpc)[2] |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 13.7[3] |
| Apparent magnitude (B) | 12.65[2] |
| Characteristics | |
| Type | (R)SA0+ pec[2] |
| Size | 204,000 ly (62,400 pc)[2][note 1] |
| Apparent size (V) | 3.0′ × 1.7′[2] |
| Other designations | |
| UGC 356, MCG+04-02-033, PGC 2154[3] | |
NGC 160 is a lenticular galaxy in the Andromeda constellation. It was discovered on December 5, 1785, by William Herschel.
Notes
- ↑ POSS1 103a-O values used.
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 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 "NED results for object NGC 0160". National Aeronautics and Space Administration / Infrared Processing and Analysis Center. http://nedwww.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/nph-objsearch?objname=NGC+160&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.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "NGC 160". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=NGC+160.
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