Astronomy:NGC 41

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Short description: Galaxy in the constellation Pegasus
NGC 41
NGC41 - SDSS DR14.jpg
SDSS image of NGC 41
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
ConstellationPegasus
Right ascension 00h 12m 47.952s[1]
Declination+22° 01′ 23.96″[1]
Redshift0.019710[2]
Helio radial velocity5851 km/s[2]
Distance286.69 ± 0.65 Mly (87.90 ± 0.20 Mpc)[3]
Apparent magnitude (B)14.6[2]
Characteristics
TypeSc[4]
Other designations
MCG+04-01-039, PGC 865[2]

NGC 41 is a spiral galaxy located in the constellation Pegasus. It is located about 290 million light-years (90 Megaparsecs) away from the Sun.[3] It was discovered on October 30, 1864, by the astronomer Albert Marth.

NGC 41 (2MASS)

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Skrutskie, M. (2006). "The Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS)". The Astronomical Journal 131 (2): 1163–1183. doi:10.1086/498708. Bibcode2006AJ....131.1163S. http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2006AJ....131.1163S. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 "NGC 41". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=NGC+41. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 Tully, R. Brent (2013). "Cosmicflows-2: The Data". The Astronomical Journal 146 (4): 86. doi:10.1088/0004-6256/146/4/86. Bibcode2013AJ....146...86T. 
  4. "Search specification: NGC 41". HyperLeda. Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1. http://leda.univ-lyon1.fr/ledacat.cgi?o=NGC%2041. Retrieved 2021-02-02. 

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