Astronomy:NGC 66
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Short description: Galaxy in the constellation Cetus
| NGC 66 | |
|---|---|
 DECam image of NGC 66 | |
| Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
| Constellation | Cetus |
| Right ascension | 00h 19m 04.94039s[1] |
| Declination | −22° 56′ 10.8306″[1] |
| Redshift | 0.025368[2] |
| Helio radial velocity | 7509 km/s[2] |
| Distance | 286.69 ± 0.65 Mly (87.90 ± 0.20 Mpc)[3] |
| Apparent magnitude (B) | 14.21[2] |
| Characteristics | |
| Type | SB(r)b pec[4] |
| Other designations | |
| MCG-04-02-002, PGC 1236[2] | |
NGC 66 is a barred spiral galaxy discovered by Frank Muller in 1886, and is located in the Cetus constellation.[5]
PanSTARRS view of NGC 66 and NGC 65
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Brown, A. G. A. (August 2018). "Gaia Data Release 2: Summary of the contents and survey properties". Astronomy & Astrophysics 616: A1. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201833051. Bibcode: 2018A&A...616A...1G.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 "NGC 66". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=NGC+66.
- ↑ Tully, R. Brent (2013). "Cosmicflows-2: The Data". The Astronomical Journal 146 (4): 86. doi:10.1088/0004-6256/146/4/86. Bibcode: 2013AJ....146...86T.
- ↑ "Results for object NGC 0066 (NGC 66)". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. California Institute of Technology. https://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/byname?objname=NGC%2066&hconst=67.8&omegam=0.308&omegav=0.692&wmap=4&corr_z=1.
- ↑ "Archived copy". http://www.ngcicproject.org/ngcicdb.asp. The NGC/IC Public Database, Accessed 4 Apr 2014
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