NGC 159

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NGC 159
NGC 159 DECam.jpg
DECam image of NGC 159
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation Phoenix
Right ascension 00h 34m 35.518s [1]
Declination −55° 47′ 23.66″ [1]
Redshift 0.027976 [2]
Heliocentric radial velocity 8387 [2]
Distance 376.0  Mly (115.27  Mpc) [3]
Apparent magnitude  (B)14.86 [4]
Characteristics
Type (R)SB0/a(r) [2]
Size230,400  ly (70,630  pc) [2] [note 1]
Apparent size  (V)1.29′ × 0.45′ [2]
Other designations
ESO 150-11, PGC 2073 [4]

NGC 159 is a barred lenticular galaxy in the constellation Phoenix. The galaxy was discovered on October 28, 1834, by John Frederick William Herschel.

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Notes

  1. ↑ ESO-LV "Quick Blue" values used.

References

  1. 1 2 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. 1 2 3 4 5 "NED results for object NGC 0159". National Aeronautics and Space Administration / Infrared Processing and Analysis Center . Retrieved 11 April 2017.
  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 "NGC 159". SIMBAD . Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg . Retrieved 11 April 2017.


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