Astronomy:NGC 83
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Short description: Elliptical galaxy in the constellation Andromeda
NGC 83 | |
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SDSS image of NGC 83 | |
Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
Constellation | Andromeda |
Right ascension | 00h 21m 22.399s[1] |
Declination | +22° 26′ 01.11″[1] |
Redshift | 0.020771[2] |
Helio radial velocity | 6227[2] |
Distance | 258.29 ± 49.78 Mly (79.193 ± 15.262 Mpc)[2] |
Apparent magnitude (V) | 13.33[2] |
Apparent magnitude (B) | 14.3[3] |
Characteristics | |
Type | E[2][3] |
Size | 121,900 ly (37,360 pc)[2] |
Apparent size (V) | 1.62′ (major axis)[2] |
Other designations | |
UGC 206, MCG+04-02-005, PGC 1371[3] |
NGC 83 is an elliptical galaxy estimated to be about 260 million light-years away in the constellation of Andromeda. It was discovered by John Herschel in 1828 and its apparent magnitude is 14.2.[4]
References
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 "NED results for object NGC 0083". National Aeronautics and Space Administration / Infrared Processing and Analysis Center. http://nedwww.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/nph-objsearch?objname=NGC+0083&extend=no&out_csys=Equatorial&out_equinox=J2000.0&obj_sort=RA+or+Longitude&of=pre_text&zv_breaker=30000.0&list_limit=5&img_stamp=YES.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "NGC 83". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=NGC+83.
- ↑ "NGC Objects: NGC 50 - 99". http://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ngc0a.htm#83.
External links
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NGC 83.
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