Astronomy:NGC 79

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Short description: Elliptical galaxy in the constellation Andromeda
NGC 79
NGC79 - SDSS DR14.jpg
SDSS image of NGC 79
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
ConstellationAndromeda
Right ascension 00h 21m 02.838s[1]
Declination+22° 33′ 59.06″[1]
Redshift0.018326[2]
Helio radial velocity5444 km/s[2]
Distance272.54 ± 0.75 Mly (83.56 ± 0.23 Mpc)[3]
Apparent magnitude (B)15.16[4]
Characteristics
TypecE[4]
Other designations
MCG+04-02-003, PGC 1340[2]

NGC 79 is an elliptical galaxy estimated to be about 270 million light-years[3] away in the constellation of Andromeda. NGC 79 is its New General Catalogue designation. Its apparent magnitude is 14.9. It was discovered on 14 November 1884 by Guillaume Bigourdan.[5]

NGC 79 (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. Bibcode: 2006AJ....131.1163S. https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2006AJ....131.1163S/abstract. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "NGC 79". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=NGC+79. 
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 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. 
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Search specification: NGC 79". HyperLeda. Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1. http://leda.univ-lyon1.fr/ledacat.cgi?o=NGC%2079. Retrieved 2021-02-04. 
  5. ↑ Seligman, Courtney. "Celestial Atlas NGC Objects: NGC 79". http://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ngc0a.htm#79. 

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