Astronomy:NGC 64

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Short description: Spiral galaxy in the constellation Cetus
NGC 64
NGC 64
SDSS image of NGC 64
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
ConstellationCetus
Right ascension 00h 17m 30.368s[1]
Declination−06° 49′ 28.69″[1]
Redshift0.024384[2]
Helio radial velocity7312 ± 9 km/s[2]
Apparent magnitude (V)13.2[3]
Characteristics
TypeSB(s)bc[2]
Apparent size (V)1.5' × 1.1'[2]
Other designations
NGC 64, MCG 01-01-068, PGC 1149.

NGC 64 is a barred spiral galaxy discovered by Lewis Swift in 1886, and is located in the Cetus constellation.[3]

NGC 64 (near-infrared)

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. https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2006AJ....131.1163S/abstract. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 The NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database, Accessed 21 Feb 2014
  3. 3.0 3.1 The NGC/IC Project , Accessed 21 Feb 2014

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