NGC 16

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NGC 16
NGC16 - SDSS DR14.jpg
NGC 16 (Sloan Digital Sky Survey)
Observation data (J2000.0 epoch)
Constellation Pegasus
Right ascension 00h 09m 04.3s [1]
Declination +27° 43′ 45″ [1]
Redshift 0.010340 [1]
Heliocentric radial velocity 3100 ± 17 km/s [1]
Apparent magnitude  (V)13.0 [1]
Absolute magnitude  (V)−20.62 [2]
Characteristics
Type SAB0− [1]
Apparent size  (V)1.8′ × 1.0′ [1]
Other designations
UGC 80, MCG +04-01-032, PGC 660 [1]

NGC 16 is a lenticular galaxy located in the Pegasus constellation. It was discovered on September 8, 1784, by William Herschel. [3]

Contents

In the Webb Society Deep-Sky Observer's Handbook, [4] the visual appearance of NGC 16 is described as follows:

Round, with a slightly brighter centre; the outer nebulosity is of uniform surface brightness.

NGC 16 in near-infrared NGC 0016 2MASS.jpg
NGC 16 in near-infrared

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 0016. Retrieved 2010-05-05.
  2. ↑ "The galaxy NGC 16".
  3. ↑ Seligman, Courtney. "NGC 16". Celestial Atlas. Retrieved 7 November 2018.
  4. ↑ Jones, K. G. (1981). Webb Society Deep-Sky Observer's Handbook . Enslow Publishers. ISBN   978-0-89490-134-8.


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