NGC 117

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NGC 117
NGC117 - SDSS DR14.jpg
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]

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  1. 1 2 3 "Search specification: NGC 117". HyperLeda. Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1. Retrieved 2021-02-23.
  2. 1 2 3 "NGC 117". SIMBAD . Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg . Retrieved 2021-02-23.
  3. 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.
  4. "Results for object NGC 0117 (NGC 117)". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. California Institute of Technology. Retrieved 2021-02-23.
  5. Seligman, Courtney. "New General Catalogue objects: NGC 100 - 149". cseligman.com. Retrieved 2021-02-23.