Astronomy:NGC 114

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Short description: Galaxy in the constellation Cetus
NGC 114
NGC114 - SDSS DR14.jpg
SDSS view of NGC 114
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
ConstellationCetus
Right ascension 00h 26m 58.22113s[1]
Declination−01° 47′ 10.3429″[1]
Redshift0.013873[2]
Helio radial velocity4159 km/s[2]
Distance195 Mly
[3]
Characteristics
TypeSB0(rs)?[3]
Size55,000 ly
Other designations
UGC 259, MCG+00-02-027[4]

NGC 114 is a barred lenticular galaxy located in the constellation Cetus. It was discovered by American astronomer Truman Henry Safford on September 23, 1867.[3] The galaxy lies approximately 195 million light-years from Earth, and is about 55,000 light-years in diameter, nearly half the size of the Milky Way.

References

  1. ↑ 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.  Gaia DR2 record for this source at VizieR.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 0114. http://nedwww.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/nph-objsearch?objname=NGC+114&img_stamp=yes&extend=no. 
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Seligman, Courtney. "New General Catalogue objects: NGC 100 - 149". Cseligman.com. http://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ngc1.htm#114. 
  4. ↑ "NGC 114". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=NGC+114. 

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Coordinates: Sky map 00h 26m 58.2s, -01° 47′ 10″



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