NGC 115

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NGC 115
NGC 115 ESO.jpg
ESO KIDS image of NGC 115
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation Sculptor
Right ascension 00h 26m 46.278s [1]
Declination −33° 40′ 37.56″ [1]
Redshift 0.006118 [2]
Heliocentric radial velocity 1828 km/s [2]
Distance 85  Mly (26  Mpc) [3]
Characteristics
Type SB(s)bc: [4]
Size50  kly (15  kpc) [3]
Other designations
MCG -06-02-006, PGC 1651 [2]

NGC 115 is a barred spiral galaxy located in the southern constellation of Sculptor. It was discovered by the British astronomer John Herschel on 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

  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 "NGC 115". SIMBAD . Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg . Retrieved 2021-02-10.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Seligman, Courtney. "New General Catalogue objects: NGC 100 - 149". cseligman.com. Retrieved 2021-02-10.
  4. ↑ "Results for object NGC 0115 (NGC 115)". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. California Institute of Technology. Retrieved 2021-02-10.
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