NGC 148

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NGC 148
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NGC 148 (DECam)
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation Sculptor
Right ascension 00h 34m 15.5s [1]
Declination −31° 47′ 10″ [1]
Redshift 0.005057 [1]
Heliocentric radial velocity 1516 km/s [1]
Distance 85.56 Mly
Apparent magnitude  (V)13.28 [1]
Characteristics
Type S0 [1]
Apparent size  (V)1.463' x 0.556' [2]
Other designations
PGC 2035, MCG-05-02-017 [2]

NGC 148 (also known as PGC 2035) is a lenticular galaxy located in the constellation Sculptor. It is about 40,000 light years across. [3] It is in a group of three galaxies along with MCG-5-2-16 and IC 1555. [4] It is a Shapley-Ames galaxy. [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 0148. Retrieved 2017-01-01.
  2. 1 2 "NGC 148". SIMBAD . Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg . Retrieved January 1, 2017.
  3. ↑ "Celestial Atlas". Cseligman. Retrieved 2015-08-19.
  4. ↑ Maia, M.A.G.; da Costa, L.N.; Latham, David W. (April 1989). "A Catalog of Southern Groups of Galaxies". Astrophysical Journal Supplement. 69: 809. Bibcode:1989ApJS...69..809M. doi: 10.1086/191328 .
  5. ↑ van den Bergh, Sidney; McClure, Robert D.; Evans, Robert (December 1987). "The Supernova Rate in Shapley-Ames Galaxies". Astrophysical Journal. 323: 44. Bibcode:1987ApJ...323...44V. doi:10.1086/165806 . Retrieved 24 March 2021.


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