Astronomy:NGC 164

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Short description: Spiral galaxy in the constellation Pisces
NGC 164
NGC164 - SDSS DR14.jpg
SDSS image of NGC 164
Observation data (J2000.0 epoch)
ConstellationPisces
Right ascension 00h 36m 32.920s[1]
Declination+02° 44′ 59.17″[1]
Apparent magnitude (V)15.7
Apparent magnitude (B)16[2]
Characteristics
TypeSa:[3]
Apparent size (V)0.4 × 0..4
Other designations
MCG+00-02-089, PGC 2181[2]
References: [4]

NGC 164 is a spiral galaxy located in the constellation Pisces. It was found by the German astronomer Albert Marth on 3 August 1864.

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 "NGC 164". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=NGC+164. 
  3. "Results for object NGC 0164 (NGC 164)". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. California Institute of Technology. https://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/byname?objname=NGC%20164&hconst=67.8&omegam=0.308&omegav=0.692&wmap=4&corr_z=1. 
  4. Erdmann, Robert Jr. (2008). "NGC 164". The NGC/IC Project. http://www.ngcicproject.org/pubdb.htm. 

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