Astronomy:NGC 75

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Short description: Galaxy in the constellation Pisces
NGC 75
NGC75 - SDSS DR14.jpg
SDSS image of NGC 75
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
ConstellationPisces
Right ascension 00h 19m 26.356s[1]
Declination+06° 26′ 57.33″[1]
Redshift0.019273[2]
Helio radial velocity5722 km/s[2]
Distance261.9 ± 18.4 Mly (80.31 ± 5.65 Mpc)[3]
Apparent magnitude (B)14.64[4]
Characteristics
TypeS0[3]
Other designations
UGC 182, MCG+01-01-051, PGC 1255[2]

NGC 75 is a lenticular galaxy estimated to be about 260 million light-years[3] away in the constellation of Pisces. It was discovered by Lewis A. Swift from the United States in 1886 and its magnitude is 13.2.[5]

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. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 "NGC 75". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=NGC+75. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Results for object NGC 0075 (NGC 75)". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. California Institute of Technology. https://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/byname?objname=NGC%2075&hconst=67.8&omegam=0.308&omegav=0.692&wmap=4&corr_z=1. Retrieved 2021-02-02. 
  4. "Search specification: NGC 75". HyperLeda. Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1. http://leda.univ-lyon1.fr/ledacat.cgi?o=NGC%2075. Retrieved 2021-02-02. 
  5. Seligman, Courtney. "New General Catalogue objects: NGC 50 - 99". http://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ngc0a.htm#75. Retrieved 2021-02-02. 

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