Astronomy:NGC 69

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Short description: Galaxy in the constellation Andromeda
NGC 69
NGC69 - SDSS DR14.jpg
SDSS image of NGC 69
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
ConstellationAndromeda
Right ascension 00h 18m 20.49510s[1]
Declination+30° 02′ 23.8402″[1]
Redshift0.02229[2]
Helio radial velocity6607 km/s[2]
Distance305.6 ± 21.5 Mly (93.70 ± 6.58 Mpc)[3]
Group or clusterNGC 68 group
Apparent magnitude (V)14.71[4]
Apparent magnitude (B)15.76[4]
Characteristics
TypeSB0(s)[3]
Other designations
MCG+05-01-066, PGC 1191[2]

NGC 69 is a barred lenticular galaxy located in the constellation Andromeda. It is a member of the NGC 68 group. It was discovered in 1855 by R. J. Mitchell, who described it as "extremely faint, very small, round."[5]

References

  1. 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. Bibcode2018A&A...616A...1G. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 "NGC 69". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=NGC+69. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 "Results for object NGC 0069 (NGC 69)". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. California Institute of Technology. https://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/byname?objname=NGC%2069&hconst=67.8&omegam=0.308&omegav=0.692&wmap=4&corr_z=1. Retrieved 2021-02-09. 
  4. 4.0 4.1 "Search specification: NGC 69". HyperLeda. Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1. http://leda.univ-lyon1.fr/ledacat.cgi?o=NGC%2069. Retrieved 2021-02-09. 
  5. Seligman, Courtney. "New General Catalogue objects: NGC 50 - 99". http://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ngc0a.htm#69. Retrieved 2021-02-09. 

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