NGC 97

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NGC 97
NGC97 - SDSS DR14.jpg
SDSS image of NGC 97
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation Andromeda
Right ascension 00h 22m 29.988s [1]
Declination +29° 44′ 43.34″ [1]
Redshift 0.015898 [2]
Heliocentric radial velocity 4766 [2]
Distance 231.41 ± 13.61  Mly (70.950 ± 4.172  Mpc) [2]
Group or cluster NGC 108 group (LGG 5)
Apparent magnitude  (B)13.5 [3]
Characteristics
Type E? [2]
Size104,200  ly (31,960  pc) [2]
Apparent size  (V)1.548′ (major axis) [2]
Other designations
UGC 216, MCG+05-02-007, PGC 1442 [3]

NGC 97 is an elliptical galaxy estimated to be about 230 million light-years away in the constellation of Andromeda. It was discovered by John Herschel on 16 September 1828, and its apparent magnitude is 13.5. [4] [5]

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NGC 108 Group

NGC 97 is part of the NGC 108 group (also known as LGG 5), which includes at least 5 other galaxies: NGC 108, UGC 234, UGC 310, CGCG 500-015, and CGCG 500-019. [6]

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 3 4 5 6 "NED results for object NGC 0097". National Aeronautics and Space Administration / Infrared Processing and Analysis Center . Retrieved 19 February 2017.
  3. 1 2 "NGC 97". SIMBAD . Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg . Retrieved 19 February 2017.
  4. ↑ "NGC Objects: NGC 50 - 99".
  5. ↑ Herschel, J. F. W (1864). "Catalogue of Nebulae and Clusters of Stars". Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London . 154: 1–137. Bibcode:1864RSPT..154....1H. doi: 10.1098/rstl.1864.0001 .
  6. ↑ Garcia, A. M. (1993). "General study of group membership. II. Determination of nearby groups". Astronomy and Astrophysics Supplement Series. 100: 47. Bibcode:1993A&AS..100...47G.


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