NGC 69

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NGC 69
NGC69 - SDSS DR14.jpg
SDSS image of NGC 69
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation Andromeda
Right ascension 00h 18m 20.49510s [1]
Declination +30° 02′ 23.8402″ [1]
Redshift 0.02229 [2]
Helio radial velocity 6607 km/s [2]
Distance 305.6 ± 21.5  Mly (93.70 ± 6.58  Mpc) [3]
Group or cluster NGC 68 group
Apparent magnitude  (V)14.71 [4]
Apparent magnitude  (B)15.76 [4]
Characteristics
Type SB0−(s) [3]
Other designations
MCG +05-01-066, PGC 1191 [2]

NGC 69 is a barred lenticular galaxy located in the constellation Andromeda. It is a member of the NGC 68 group. It was discovered in 1855 by R. J. Mitchell, who described it as "extremely faint, very small, round." [5]

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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 "NGC 69". SIMBAD . Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg . Retrieved 2021-02-09.
  3. 1 2 "Results for object NGC 0069 (NGC 69)". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. California Institute of Technology. Retrieved 2021-02-09.
  4. 1 2 "Search specification: NGC 69". HyperLeda. Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1. Retrieved 2021-02-09.
  5. ↑ Seligman, Courtney. "New General Catalogue objects: NGC 50 - 99". cseligman.com. Retrieved 2021-02-09.


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