NGC 1

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NGC 1
NGC 1 from the DESI Legacy Surveys.jpg
NGC 1, as seen on DESI Legacy Surveys
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation Pegasus
Right ascension 00h 07m 15.84s [1]
Declination +27° 42′ 29.1″ [1]
Redshift 0.015177 ± 0.000002 [1]
Heliocentric radial velocity 4550 ± 1 km/s [1]
Galactocentric velocity4723 ± 7 km/s [1]
Distance 211 ± 14 Mly
(64.7 ± 4.5 Mpc) [2]
Apparent magnitude  (V)13.65 [1]
Apparent magnitude  (B)13.6 [3]
Absolute magnitude  (V)-22.08 [1]
Characteristics
Type SABbc [1]
Apparent size  (V)1.6' × 1.2', [1]
Other designations
UGC 57, PGC 564, Holm 2A, MCG+04-01-025. [1]

NGC 1 is an intermediate spiral galaxy of the morphological type Sbc, [1] located in the constellation of Pegasus. It was discovered on 30 September 1861 by Heinrich d'Arrest. [4]

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Observation history

NGC 1 was first observed by Heinrich d'Arrest in 1860 while testing the 11-inch refractor telescope of the Copenhagen Observatory. He described his discovery as "faint, small, round, between 11th and 14th magnitude stars" (to the north and south). [4] Herman Schultz also observed NGC 1 three times in 1866 and 1868 using a 9.6 inch refractor telescope at Upsala. [5]

The initial observers missed NGC 2, which is much fainter. NGC 1 appears to be quite close to NGC 2, in reality however, the two objects are far apart and unrelated. NGC 2 was first observed as a "companion" of NGC 1 by Lawrence Parsons. [4]

Properties

NGC 1 and NGC 2 as an optical double NGC 1 and NGC 2 from the DESI Legacy Survey.jpg
NGC 1 and NGC 2 as an optical double

At an estimated 140,000 light-years in diameter, [4] NGC 1 is roughly the same size as our galaxy, the Milky Way, which is believed to be approximately 160,000 light-years across. [6] Although it's apparent magnitude of 13.65 lets the galaxy appear too faint to see it in the sky with the naked eye, it's absolute magnitude of -22.08 makes NGC 1 two to three times more luminous than our home galaxy. The galaxy is 4.0 Mly away from the 80,000 light-years wide galaxy UGC 69, its nearest major neighbor.

NGC 1 has a visual size of 1.6' × 1.2'. [1] Being classified as a SABbc class galaxy using the Hubble sequence and the De Vaucouleurs system as an extension, NGC 1 is a spiral galaxy with the presence of a weak nuclear bar and loosely wound arms. [7] Although the central galaxy is only about 90,000 light-years across, a large, diffuse arm extends eastwards from it, possibly from a past merger.

Based on its redshift of approximately 0.015177 and thus recessional velocity of 4450 km/s, [1] the distance of the galaxy from the Solar System can be calculated using Hubble's Law. Using current observation data, this places the galaxy at approximately 210 to 215 million light-years from Earth, which is in good agreement with redshift-independent distance estimates of 175 to 245 million light years. An opposing measurement of the galaxy's recessional velocity of 2215 km/s would place the galaxy only about 100 million light-years away. However, this is regarded unlikely by most astronomers and believed to be a misattributed value for a different galaxy. [4]

Listing in astronomical catalogues

After being logged as the first object in the General Catalogue, the galaxy is also the first object to be listed in the catalogue's successor, the New General Catalogue. [1] With an original right ascension of 00h 00m 4s at the time of the catalog's compilation (epoch 1860), this object had the lowest right ascension of all the objects in the catalog, making it the first listing in the New General Catalogue as the objects were arranged by right ascension. [8] Since then, the coordinates have shifted, and this object no longer has the lowest right ascension of all the NGC objects. [9]

NGC 1 is also listed in the Uppsala General Catalogue (UGC 57) and in the Principal Galaxies Catalogue (PGC 564). [1]

See also

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References

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  2. ↑ "Distance Results for NGC 0001". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. Retrieved 3 May 2010.
  3. ↑ "Revised NGC Data for NGC 1". spider.seds.org. Retrieved 9 December 2017.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 "New General Catalog Objects: NGC 1 - 49". cseligman.com. Retrieved 11 November 2017.
  5. ↑ "www.astronomy-mall.com/Adventures.In.Deep.Space/NGC%201-7840%20complete.htm". Astronomy Mall.
  6. ↑ "Size of the Milky Way Upgraded, Solving Galaxy Puzzle". Space.com. Retrieved 12 November 2017.
  7. ↑ de Vaucouleurs, Gérard (April 1963). "Revised Classification of 1500 Bright Galaxies". Astrophysical Journal Supplement. 8: 31. Bibcode:1963ApJS....8...31D. doi:10.1086/190084.
  8. ↑ Dreyer, J. L. E., "New General Catalogue of Nebulae and Clusters of stars (1888)", Memoirs of the Royal Astronomical Society, 49. p3, Royal Astronomical Society, 1962.
  9. ↑ Erdmann, R.E., Jr., The Historically Corrected New General Catalogue of Nebulæ and Clusters of Stars, p12, retrieved and archived 13 June 2008.
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