Astronomy:NGC 31
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Short description: Galaxy located in the constellation Phoenix
| NGC 31 | |
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| Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
| Constellation | Phoenix |
| Right ascension | 00h 10m 38.384s[1] |
| Declination | −56° 59′ 11.41″[1] |
| Redshift | 0.03203[2] |
| Helio radial velocity | 9447 km/s[2] |
| Distance | 454.3 ± 31.9 Mly (139.30 ± 9.77 Mpc)[3] |
| Apparent magnitude (B) | 14.58[4] |
| Characteristics | |
| Type | SB(rs)cd[3] |
| Other designations | |
| PGC 751[2] | |
NGC 31 is a spiral galaxy located in the constellation Phoenix. It was discovered on October 28, 1834 by the astronomer John Herschel.[5] Its morphological type is SB(rs)cd, meaning that it is a late-type barred spiral galaxy.[3]
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 "NGC 31". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=NGC+31.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Results for object NGC 0031 (NGC 31)". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. California Institute of Technology. https://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/byname?objname=NGC%2031&hconst=67.8&omegam=0.308&omegav=0.692&wmap=4&corr_z=1. Retrieved 2021-02-09.
- ↑ "Search specification: NGC 31". HyperLeda. Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1. http://leda.univ-lyon1.fr/ledacat.cgi?o=NGC%2031. Retrieved 2021-02-09.
- ↑ Seligman, Courtney. "New General Catalogue objects: NGC 1 - 49". http://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ngc0.htm#31. Retrieved 2021-02-09.
External links
- NGC 31 on WikiSky: DSS2, SDSS, GALEX, IRAS, Hydrogen α, X-Ray, Astrophoto, Sky Map, Articles and images
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