Astronomy:NGC 73
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Short description: Spiral galaxy in the constellation Cetus
| NGC 73 | |
|---|---|
 ESO's VST image of NGC 73 | |
| Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
| Constellation | Cetus |
| Right ascension | 00h 18m 38.98029s[1] |
| Declination | −15° 19′ 20.6128″[1] |
| Redshift | 0.025785[2] |
| Helio radial velocity | 7631 km/s[2] |
| Distance | 289.4 Mly (88.72 Mpc)[3] |
| Apparent magnitude (B) | 13[2] |
| Characteristics | |
| Type | SAB(rs)bc:[4] |
| Other designations | |
| MCG-03-01-026, PGC 1211[2] | |
NGC 73 is an intermediate spiral galaxy estimated to be about 350 million light-years away in the constellation of Cetus. It was discovered by Lewis A. Swift from the United States in 1886 and its apparent magnitude is 13.7.[5]
Image from 2MASS
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 73". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=NGC+73.
- ↑ Tully, R. Brent; Courtois, Hélène M.; Sorce, Jenny G. (2016). "Cosmicflows-3". The Astronomical Journal 152 (2): 21. doi:10.3847/0004-6256/152/2/50. 50. Bibcode: 2016AJ....152...50T.
- ↑ "Results for object NGC 0073 (NGC 73)". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. California Institute of Technology. https://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/byname?objname=NGC%2073&hconst=67.8&omegam=0.308&omegav=0.692&wmap=4&corr_z=1.
- ↑ "NGC Objects: NGC 50 - 99". http://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ngc0a.htm#73.
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