Astronomy:NGC 98
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Short description: Galaxy in the constellation of Phoenix
| NGC 98 | |
|---|---|
 DECam image of NGC 98. The smaller galaxy to the right is LEDA 528829 | |
| Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
| Constellation | Phoenix |
| Right ascension | 00h 22m 49.518s[1] |
| Declination | −45° 16′ 08.43″[1] |
| Redshift | 0.020599[2] |
| Helio radial velocity | 6175[2] |
| Distance | 290 Mly (89 Mpc)[3] |
| Apparent magnitude (B) | 13.59[4] |
| Characteristics | |
| Type | SB(rs)bc[2] |
| Size | 185,400 ly (56,850 pc)[2] |
| Apparent size (V) | 2.3′ × 1.8′[2] |
| Other designations | |
| ESO 242-5, PGC 1463[4] | |
NGC 98 is a barred spiral galaxy in the Phoenix constellation. The galaxy NGC 98 was discovered on September 6, 1834 by the British astronomer John Frederick William Herschel.[3]
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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 "NED results for object NGC 0098". National Aeronautics and Space Administration / Infrared Processing and Analysis Center. http://nedwww.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/nph-objsearch?objname=NGC+98&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 Seligman, Courtney. "NGC Objects: NGC 50 - 99". http://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ngc0a.htm#98.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "NGC 98". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=NGC+98.
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