Astronomy:NGC 85

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Short description: Lenticular galaxy in the constellation Andromeda
NGC 85
NGC 85 and 86.jpg
NGC 85 is the bright galaxy on the lower right, next to the spiral galaxy IC 1546. Taken by Joseph D. Schulman.
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
ConstellationAndromeda
Right ascension 00h 21m 25.576s[1]
Declination+22° 30′ 42.11″[1]
Redshift0.020694[2]
Helio radial velocity6204[2]
Distance183.3 Mly (56.20 Mpc)[2]
Apparent magnitude (B)14.9[3]
Characteristics
TypeS0[3]
Size24,000 ly (7,360 pc)[2]
Apparent size (V)0.45′ × 0.45′[2]
Other designations
MCG+04-02-007, PGC 1375[3]

NGC 85 is an interacting spiral or lenticular galaxy estimated to be about 200 million light-years away in the constellation of Andromeda. It was discovered by Ralph Copeland in 1873 and its apparent magnitude is 15.7.[4] The galaxy appears to be interacting with the companion spiral IC 1546.

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 2.3 2.4 "NED results for object NGC 0085". National Aeronautics and Space Administration / Infrared Processing and Analysis Center. http://nedwww.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/nph-objsearch?objname=NGC+0085&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. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "NGC 85". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=NGC+85. 
  4. ↑ "NGC Objects: NGC 50 - 99". http://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ngc0a.htm#85. 

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