| NGC 117 | |
|---|---|
|    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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