NGC 73

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NGC 73
NGC 73 ESO.jpg
ESO's VST image of NGC 73
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation Cetus
Right ascension 00h 18m 38.98029s [1]
Declination −15° 19′ 20.6128″ [1]
Redshift 0.025785 [2]
Heliocentric radial velocity 7631 km/s [2]
Distance 289.4  Mly (88.72  Mpc) [3]
Apparent magnitude  (B)13 [2]
Characteristics
Type SAB(rs)bc: [4]
Other designations
MCG -03-01-026, PGC 1211 [2]

NGC 73 is an intermediate spiral galaxy estimated to be about 350 million light-years away in the constellation of Cetus. It was discovered by Lewis A. Swift from the USA in 1886 and its apparent magnitude is 13.7. [5]

Image from 2MASS NGC 0073 2MASS.jpg
Image from 2MASS

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 73". SIMBAD . Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg . Retrieved 2020-12-12.
  3. ↑ Tully, R. Brent; Courtois, Hélène M.; Sorce, Jenny G. (2016). "Cosmicflows-3". The Astronomical Journal. 152 (2): 21. arXiv: 1605.01765 . Bibcode:2016AJ....152...50T. doi: 10.3847/0004-6256/152/2/50 . S2CID   250737862. 50.
  4. ↑ "Results for object NGC 0073 (NGC 73)". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. California Institute of Technology. Retrieved 2020-12-12.
  5. ↑ "NGC Objects: NGC 50 - 99".


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