NGC 119

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NGC 119
NGC 119 DECam.png
DECam image of NGC 119
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation Phoenix
Right ascension 00h 26m 57.61014s [1]
Declination −56° 58′ 41.0368″ [1]
Redshift 0.024634 [2]
Heliocentric radial velocity 7294 km/s [2]
Distance 329.8  Mly (101.11  Mpc) [3]
Apparent magnitude  (V)15.70 [4]
Apparent magnitude  (B)14.15 [4]
Characteristics
Type SA0− pec [5]
Other designations
PGC 1659 [2]

NGC 119 is an unbarred lenticular galaxy with an apparent magnitude of 13.0 located in the constellation Phoenix. It was discovered on October 28, 1834, by the astronomer John Herschel. [6]

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References

  1. 1 2 Brown, A. G. A.; et al. (Gaia collaboration) (August 2018). "Gaia Data Release 2: Summary of the contents and survey properties". Astronomy & Astrophysics . 616. A1. arXiv: 1804.09365 . Bibcode: 2018A&A...616A...1G . doi: 10.1051/0004-6361/201833051 . Gaia DR2 record for this source at VizieR.
  2. 1 2 3 "NGC 119". SIMBAD . Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg . Retrieved 2021-02-21.
  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. 1 2 "Search specification: NGC 119". HyperLeda. Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1. Retrieved 2021-02-21.
  5. ↑ "Results for object NGC 0119 (NGC 119)". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. California Institute of Technology. Retrieved 2021-02-21.
  6. ↑ "New General Catalog Objects: NGC 100 - 149". cseligman.com. Retrieved 2015-10-13.


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