NGC 155

NGC 155
SDSS view of NGC 155
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Cetus
Right ascension	00h 34m 40.113s [1]
Declination	−10° 45′ 59.35″ [1]
Redshift	0.020714 [2]
Heliocentric radial velocity	6210 [2]
Distance	248.37 ± 41.74  Mly (76.150 ± 12.799  Mpc) [2]
Apparent magnitude  (B)	13 [3]
Characteristics
Type	S00 pec [2]
Size	125,600  ly (38,510  pc) [2] [note 1]
Apparent size  (V)	1.38′ × 1.06′ [2]
Other designations
MGC -02-02-055, PGC 2076 [3]

NGC 155 is a lenticular galaxy in the Cetus constellation. It was discovered on September 1, 1886, by Lewis A. Swift. ^[4]

References

1. Skrutskie, Michael F.; Cutri, Roc M.; Stiening, Rae; Weinberg, Martin D.; Schneider, Stephen E.; Carpenter, John M.; Beichman, Charles A.; Capps, Richard W.; Chester, Thomas; Elias, Jonathan H.; Huchra, John P.; Liebert, James W.; Lonsdale, Carol J.; Monet, David G.; Price, Stephan; Seitzer, Patrick; Jarrett, Thomas H.; Kirkpatrick, J. Davy; Gizis, John E.; Howard, Elizabeth V.; Evans, Tracey E.; Fowler, John W.; Fullmer, Linda; Hurt, Robert L.; Light, Robert M.; Kopan, Eugene L.; Marsh, Kenneth A.; McCallon, Howard L.; Tam, Robert; Van Dyk, Schuyler D.; Wheelock, Sherry L. (1 February 2006). "The Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS)". The Astronomical Journal. 131 (2): 1163–1183. Bibcode:2006AJ....131.1163S. doi: 10.1086/498708 . ISSN   0004-6256. S2CID   18913331.
2. "NED results for object NGC 0155". National Aeronautics and Space Administration / Infrared Processing and Analysis Center . Retrieved 11 April 2017.
3. "NGC 155". SIMBAD . Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg . Retrieved 11 April 2017.
4. Seligman, Courtney. "NGC 155". Celestial Atlas. Retrieved 16 August 2024.

Notes

1. RC3 D_25 (blue) values used.

External links

• Media related to NGC 155 at Wikimedia Commons
• SEDS