Astronomy:NGC 97
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Short description: Galaxy in the constellation Andromeda
NGC 97 | |
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![]() SDSS image of NGC 97 | |
Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
Constellation | Andromeda |
Right ascension | 00h 22m 29.988s[1] |
Declination | +29° 44′ 43.34″[1] |
Redshift | 0.015898[2] |
Helio radial velocity | 4766[2] |
Distance | 231.41 ± 13.61 Mly (70.950 ± 4.172 Mpc)[2] |
Apparent magnitude (B) | 13.5[3] |
Characteristics | |
Type | E?[2] |
Size | 104,200 ly (31,960 pc)[2] |
Apparent size (V) | 1.548′ (major axis)[2] |
Other designations | |
UGC 216, MCG+05-02-007, PGC 1442[3] |
NGC 97 is an elliptical galaxy estimated to be about 230 million light-years away in the constellation of Andromeda. It was discovered by John Herschel in 1828 and its apparent magnitude is 13.5.[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 "NED results for object NGC 0097". National Aeronautics and Space Administration / Infrared Processing and Analysis Center. http://nedwww.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/nph-objsearch?objname=NGC+97&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 "NGC 97". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=NGC+97.
- ↑ "NGC Objects: NGC 50 - 99". http://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ngc0a.htm#97.
External links
![]() | Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NGC 97.
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