NGC 36

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NGC 36
NGC36 - SDSS DR14.jpg
SDSS image of NGC 36
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation Pisces
Right ascension 00h 11m 22.3s [1]
Declination +06° 23′ 22″ [1]
Redshift 0.020114 [1]
Heliocentric radial velocity 6030 ± 4 km/s [1]
Distance 221 Mly
(67.7 Mpc) [2]
Apparent magnitude  (V)14.0 [1]
Characteristics
Type SBb [3]
Apparent size  (V)2.2′ × 1.3′ [1]
Other designations
NGC 36, UGC 106, PGC 798, IRAS 00088+0606, IRAS F00088+0606, CGCG 408-040, CGCG 0008.8+0606, HIPASS J0011+06, MCG +01-01-043, UZC J001122.3+062321, 2MASX J00112231+0623212, [HDL96] 408-066, GC 19 [3]

NGC 36 is a barred spiral galaxy [3] in the constellation Pisces. It is located about 221 million light-years (68 megaparsecs) away. [2] It was discovered in October 25, 1785, by the astronomer William Herschel. [4]

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NGC 36 (2MASS) NGC 0036 2MASS.jpg
NGC 36 (2MASS)

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 0036. Retrieved 2010-05-04.
  2. 1 2 "Distance Results for NGC 0036". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. Retrieved 2010-05-04.
  3. 1 2 3 "NGC 36". SIMBAD . Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg . Retrieved 16 January 2017.
  4. ↑ Seligman, Courtney. "New General Catalogue objects: NGC 1 - 49". cseligman.com. Retrieved 2021-02-02.
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