Astronomy:NGC 63
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Short description: Galaxy in the constellation Pisces
| NGC 63 | |
|---|---|
 SDSS image of NGC 63 | |
| Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
| Constellation | Pisces |
| Right ascension | 00h 17m 45.54685s[1] |
| Declination | +11° 27′ 01.0220″[1] |
| Redshift | 0.003883[2] |
| Helio radial velocity | 1162 km/s[2] |
| Distance | 60.73 ± 0.39 Mly (18.62 ± 0.12 Mpc)[3] |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 12.70[4] |
| Apparent magnitude (B) | 12.53[4] |
| Characteristics | |
| Type | S pec[5] |
| Other designations | |
| UGC 167, MCG+02-01-030, PGC 1160[2] | |
NGC 63 is a spiral galaxy in the constellation Pisces. NGC 63 is its New General Catalogue designation. It has an apparent V-band magnitude of 12.70.[5]
Discovery
The galaxy was discovered by Heinrich Louis d'Arrest in 1865.[6]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Brown, A. G. A. (August 2018). "Gaia Data Release 2: Summary of the contents and survey properties". Astronomy & Astrophysics 616: A1. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201833051. Bibcode: 2018A&A...616A...1G.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "NGC 63". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=NGC+63.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Search specification: NGC 63". HyperLeda. Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1. http://leda.univ-lyon1.fr/ledacat.cgi?o=NGC%2063. Retrieved 2021-02-08.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Results for object NGC 0063 (NGC 63)". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. California Institute of Technology. https://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/byname?objname=NGC%2063&hconst=67.8&omegam=0.308&omegav=0.692&wmap=4&corr_z=1. Retrieved 2021-02-08.
- ↑ Seligman, Courtney. "New General Catalogue objects: NGC 50 - 99". http://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ngc0a.htm#63. Retrieved 2021-02-08.
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