NGC 27

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NGC 27
NGC27 - SDSS DR14.jpg
SDSS image of NGC 27 (center)
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation Andromeda
Right ascension 00h 10m 32.75799s [1]
Declination +28° 59 46.4283 [1]
Redshift 0.02343 [2]
Heliocentric radial velocity 6941 km/s [2]
Distance 327.66 ± 0.65  Mly (100.46 ± 0.20  Mpc) [3]
Apparent magnitude  (B)14.43 [4]
Characteristics
Type Sbc [4]
Other designations
UGC 96, MCG +05-01-044, PGC 742 [2]

NGC 27 is a spiral galaxy located in the constellation Andromeda. It was discovered on 3 August 1884 by Lewis Swift. [5] It forms a galaxy pair with the nearby UGC 95. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 Brown, A. G. A.; et al. (Gaia collaboration) (August 2018). "Gaia Data Release 2: Summary of the contents and survey properties". Astronomy & Astrophysics . 616. A1. arXiv: 1804.09365 . Bibcode: 2018A&A...616A...1G . doi: 10.1051/0004-6361/201833051 .
  2. 1 2 3 4 "NGC 27". SIMBAD . Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg . Retrieved 2021-02-02.
  3. Tully, R. Brent; et al. (2013). "Cosmicflows-2: The Data". The Astronomical Journal. 146 (4): 86. arXiv: 1307.7213 . Bibcode:2013AJ....146...86T. doi:10.1088/0004-6256/146/4/86. S2CID   118494842.
  4. 1 2 "Search specification: NGC 27". HyperLeda. Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1. Retrieved 2021-02-02.
  5. Seligman, Courtney. "New General Catalogue objects: NGC 1 - 49". cseligman.com. Retrieved 2021-02-02.