NGC 120

NGC 120
legacy surveys DR9 image of NGC 120
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Cetus
Right ascension	00h 27m 30.09072s [1]
Declination	−01° 30′ 48.4591″ [1]
Redshift	0.0136 [2]
Heliocentric radial velocity	4057 km/s [2]
Distance	168.0  Mly (51.52  Mpc) [3]
Apparent magnitude  (B)	14.8 [2]
Characteristics
Type	SB00: [4]
Other designations
UGC 267, MCG +00-02-033, PGC 1693 [2]

NGC 120 is a lenticular galaxy of type SB0? with an apparent magnitude of 13.4 located in the constellation Cetus. ^[5] It was discovered on 27 September 1880 by Wilhelm Tempel. ^[5]

See also

• List of NGC objects

References

1. 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. "NGC 120". SIMBAD . Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg . Retrieved 2021-02-21.
3. Tully, R. Brent; et al. (2013). "Cosmicflows-2: The Data". The Astronomical Journal. 146 (4): 86. arXiv: 1307.7213 . Bibcode:2013AJ....146...86T. doi:10.1088/0004-6256/146/4/86. S2CID   118494842.
4. "Results for object NGC 0120 (NGC 120)". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. California Institute of Technology. Retrieved 2021-02-21.
5. Seligman, Courtney. "New General Catalogue objects: NGC 100 - 149". cseligman.com. Retrieved 2021-02-21.

External links

• Media related to NGC 120 at Wikimedia Commons