NGC 115
| NGC115 | |
|---|---|
 ESOKIDS image of NGC 115 | |
| Observation data (J2000epoch) | |
| Constellation | Sculptor |
| Right ascension | 00h26m46.278s[1] |
| Declination | −33° 40′ 37.56″[1] |
| Redshift | 0.006118[2] |
| Heliocentric radial velocity | 1828km/s[2] |
| Distance | 85Mly(26Mpc)[3] |
| Characteristics | |
| Type | SB(s)bc:[4] |
| Size | 50kly(15kpc)[3] |
| Other designations | |
| MCG-06-02-006,PGC1651[2] | |
NGC 115is abarred spiral galaxylocated in the southern constellation ofSculptor.It was discovered by the British astronomerJohn Herschelon September 25, 1834.[3]The galaxy is approximately 85 million light-years from the Sun, and is about 50,000 light-years in diameter,[3]nearly half the size of our home galaxy, the Milky Way.
References
[edit]- ^abSkrutskie, Michael F.; Cutri, Roc M.; Stiening, Rae; Weinberg, Martin D.; Schneider, Stephen E.; Carpenter, John M.; Beichman, Charles A.; Capps, Richard W.; Chester, Thomas; Elias, Jonathan H.; Huchra, John P.; Liebert, James W.; Lonsdale, Carol J.; Monet, David G.; Price, Stephan; Seitzer, Patrick; Jarrett, Thomas H.; Kirkpatrick, J. Davy; Gizis, John E.; Howard, Elizabeth V.; Evans, Tracey E.; Fowler, John W.; Fullmer, Linda; Hurt, Robert L.; Light, Robert M.; Kopan, Eugene L.; Marsh, Kenneth A.; McCallon, Howard L.; Tam, Robert; Van Dyk, Schuyler D.; Wheelock, Sherry L. (1 February 2006)."The Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS)".The Astronomical Journal.131(2): 1163–1183.Bibcode:2006AJ....131.1163S.doi:10.1086/498708.ISSN0004-6256.S2CID18913331.
- ^abc"NGC 115".SIMBAD.Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg.Retrieved2021-02-10.
- ^abcdSeligman, Courtney."New General Catalogue objects: NGC 100 - 149".cseligman.com.Retrieved2021-02-10.
- ^"Results for object NGC 0115 (NGC 115)".NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database.California Institute of Technology.Retrieved2021-02-10.
External links
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