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| NGC 117 | |
|---|---|
 SDSS image of NGC 117 | |
| Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
| Constellation | Cetus |
| Right ascension | 00h 27m 11.14s[1] |
| Declination | +01° 20′ 00.5″[1] |
| Redshift | 0.017972[2] |
| Heliocentric radial velocity | 5339 ± 35 km/s[2] |
| Distance | 234.9 Mly (72.02 Mpc)[3] |
| Apparent magnitude (B) | 15.41[1] |
| Characteristics | |
| Type | S0+:[4] |
| Other designations | |
| MCG +00-02-029, PGC 1674[2] | |
NGC 117 is a lenticular galaxy with a magnitude of 14.3 in the constellation Cetus. NGC 117 is its New General Catalogue designation. It was discovered on September 13, 1863, by the astronomer Albert Marth.[5]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- 1 2 3 "Search specification: NGC 117". HyperLeda. Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1. Retrieved 2021-02-23.
- 1 2 3 "NGC 117". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2021-02-23.
- ↑ Crook, Aidan C.; Huchra, John P.; Martimbeau, Nathalie; Masters, Karen L.; Jarrett, Tom; Macri, Lucas M. (2007). "Groups of Galaxies in the Two Micron All Sky Redshift Survey". The Astrophysical Journal. 655 (2): 790–813. arXiv:astro-ph/0610732. Bibcode:2007ApJ...655..790C. doi:10.1086/510201. S2CID 11672751.
- ↑ "Results for object NGC 0117 (NGC 117)". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. California Institute of Technology. Retrieved 2021-02-23.
- ↑ Seligman, Courtney. "New General Catalogue objects: NGC 100 - 149". cseligman.com. Retrieved 2021-02-23.
External links
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Media related to NGC 117 at Wikimedia Commons
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