NGC 81

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NGC 81
NGC81 - SDSS DR14.jpg
SDSS image of NGC 81
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation Andromeda
Right ascension 00h 21m 13.314s [1]
Declination +22° 22′ 58.11″ [1]
Redshift 0.020447 [2]
Heliocentric radial velocity 6130 [2]
Distance 285  Mly (87  Mpc) [3]
Apparent magnitude  (B)17.74 [4]
Characteristics
Type S0 [3]
Apparent size  (V)0.3′ × 0.15′ [3]
Other designations
PGC 1352 [4]

NGC 81 is a lenticular galaxy estimated to be about 270 million light-years away in the constellation of Andromeda. [3]

References

  1. 1 2 Skrutskie, Michael F.; Cutri, Roc M.; Stiening, Rae; Weinberg, Martin D.; Schneider, Stephen E.; Carpenter, John M.; Beichman, Charles A.; Capps, Richard W.; Chester, Thomas; Elias, Jonathan H.; Huchra, John P.; Liebert, James W.; Lonsdale, Carol J.; Monet, David G.; Price, Stephan; Seitzer, Patrick; Jarrett, Thomas H.; Kirkpatrick, J. Davy; Gizis, John E.; Howard, Elizabeth V.; Evans, Tracey E.; Fowler, John W.; Fullmer, Linda; Hurt, Robert L.; Light, Robert M.; Kopan, Eugene L.; Marsh, Kenneth A.; McCallon, Howard L.; Tam, Robert; Van Dyk, Schuyler D.; Wheelock, Sherry L. (1 February 2006). "The Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS)". The Astronomical Journal. 131 (2): 1163–1183. Bibcode:2006AJ....131.1163S. doi: 10.1086/498708 . ISSN   0004-6256. S2CID   18913331.
  2. 1 2 "NED results for object NGC 0081". National Aeronautics and Space Administration / Infrared Processing and Analysis Center . Retrieved 19 February 2017.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "NGC Objects: NGC 50 - 99".
  4. 1 2 "NGC 81". SIMBAD . Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg . Retrieved 19 February 2017.


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