NGC 15

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NGC 15
NGC 0015 SDSS.jpg
NGC 15 in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey
Credit: 2MASS
Observation data (J 2000.0 epoch)
Constellation Pegasus
Right ascension 00h 09m 02.5s
Declination +21° 37 27
Redshift 0.021121 [1]
Helio radial velocity 6332 ± 10 km/s [1]
Apparent magnitude  (V)14.67
Absolute magnitude  (V)-20.43 [2]
Characteristics
Type Sa [1]
Apparent size  (V)1.072′ × 0.575′
Other designations
UGC 00082, [1] PGC 000661. [1]

NGC 15 is a spiral galaxy located in the Pegasus constellation. It was discovered by Albert Marth on October 30, 1864. [3]

NGC 15 (near-infrared) NGC 0015 2MASS.jpg
NGC 15 (near-infrared)

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Results for NGC 0015". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. Retrieved 2010-05-03.
  2. https://in-the-sky.org/data/object.php?id=NGC15
  3. Seligman, Courtney. "NGC 15 (= PGC 661)". Celestial Atlas. Retrieved 3 October 2018.