NGC 66

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NGC 66
NGC 66 DECam.jpg
DECam image of NGC 66
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation Cetus
Right ascension 00h 19m 04.94039s [1]
Declination −22° 56′ 10.8306″ [1]
Redshift 0.025368 [2]
Heliocentric radial velocity 7509 km/s [2]
Distance 286.69 ± 0.65  Mly (87.90 ± 0.20  Mpc) [3]
Apparent magnitude  (B)14.21 [2]
Characteristics
Type SB(r)b pec [4]
Other designations
MCG -04-02-002, PGC 1236 [2]

NGC 66 is a barred spiral galaxy discovered by Frank Muller in 1886, and is located in the Cetus constellation. [5]

Contents

PanSTARRS view of NGC 66 and NGC 65 NGC 66 PanS.jpg
PanSTARRS view of NGC 66 and NGC 65

See also

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 66". SIMBAD . Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg . Retrieved 2021-02-13.
  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. ↑ "Results for object NGC 0066 (NGC 66)". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. California Institute of Technology. Retrieved 2021-02-13.
  5. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-05-20. Retrieved 2015-10-04.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) The NGC/IC Public Database, Accessed 4 Apr 2014


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