Astronomy:NGC 163

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Short description: Galaxy in the constellation Cetus
NGC 163
NGC163 - SDSS DR14.jpg
SDSS image of NGC 163
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
ConstellationCetus
Right ascension 00h 35m 59.840s[1]
Declination−10° 07′ 18.32″[1]
Redshift0.019954[2]
Helio radial velocity5982[2]
Distance228.64 ± 53.13 Mly (70.100 ± 16.291 Mpc)[2]
Apparent magnitude (V)12.70[3]
Apparent magnitude (B)13.64[3]
Characteristics
TypeE0[2]
Size103,000 ly (31,570 pc)[2][note 1]
Apparent size (V)1.19 × 1.11[2]
Other designations
MGC-02-02-066, PGC 2149[3]

NGC 163 is an elliptical galaxy in the constellation Cetus. It was discovered by William Herschel in 1890. Seen through an optical telescope it ranges up to 13th magnitude.[citation needed]

Notes

  1. RC3 D_25; R_25 (blue) values used.

References

  1. 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. Bibcode2006AJ....131.1163S. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 "NED results for object NGC 0163". National Aeronautics and Space Administration / Infrared Processing and Analysis Center. http://nedwww.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/nph-objsearch?objname=NGC+163&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. 3.0 3.1 3.2 "NGC 163". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=NGC+163. 

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