NGC 107

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NGC 107
NGC 0107 SDSS.jpg
SDSS image of NGC 107
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation Cetus
Right ascension 00h 25m 42.185s [1]
Declination −08° 16′ 58.07″ [1]
Redshift 0.020978 [2]
Heliocentric radial velocity 6289 [2]
Apparent magnitude  (B)15.67 [3]
Characteristics
Type Sbc [2]
Size48,100  ly (14,750  pc) [2] [note 1]
Apparent size  (V)0.6′ × 0.5′ [2]
Other designations
PGC 1606, 2MASX J00254218-0816580 [3]

NGC 107 is a spiral galaxy estimated to be about 280 million light-years away in the constellation of Cetus. It was discovered by Otto Struve in 1866 and its magnitude is 14.2. [4]

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Notes

  1. ↑ POSS1 103a-O values used.

References

  1. 1 2 Skrutskie, 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 . ISSN   0004-6256. S2CID   18913331.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "NED results for object NGC 0107". National Aeronautics and Space Administration / Infrared Processing and Analysis Center . Retrieved 16 March 2017.
  3. 1 2 "NGC 107". SIMBAD . Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg . Retrieved 16 March 2017.
  4. ↑ "NGC Objects: NGC 100 - 149".


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