Astronomy:NGC 60

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Short description: Spiral Galaxy in the constellation Pisces
NGC 60
NGC 60
NGC 60 (SDSS DR14)
Observation data (2000.0 epoch)
ConstellationPisces
Right ascension 00h 15m 58.28s
Declination−00° 18′ 12.7″
Redshift0.039452[1]
Helio radial velocity11,827 ± 27 km/s[1]
Distance~500 Mly
(Redshift-based)
Apparent magnitude (V)14.85
Characteristics
TypeSc
Apparent size (V)1'.30 × 1'.20
Other designations
UGC 150, MCG 0-1-48, ZWG 382.37, PGC 1058

NGC 60 is an Sc type spiral galaxy in the Pisces constellation. NGC 60 is noticed for its unusually distorted spiral arms, which are commonly due to gravitational effects of neighboring galaxies, but there are no galaxies around NGC 60 to allow this.[2]

One supernova has been observed in NGC 60: SN 2023zba (type IIP, mag. 18.8).[3]

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Coordinates: Sky map 00h 15m 58.28s, −00° 18′ 12.7″