NGC 109

NGC 109 is a spiral galaxy estimated to be about 240 million light-years away in the constellation of Andromeda. It was discovered by Heinrich d'Arrest in 1861 and its magnitude is 13.7.[4]

NGC 109
SDSS image of NGC 109
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
ConstellationAndromeda
Right ascension00h 26m 14.636s[1]
Declination+21° 48′ 26.64″[1]
Redshift0.018206[2]
Heliocentric radial velocity5458[2]
Distance216.40 ± 17.85 Mly (66.350 ± 5.473 Mpc)[2]
Apparent magnitude (V)14.08[2]
Apparent magnitude (B)15.0[3]
Characteristics
TypeSB(r)a[2]
Size81,800 ly (25,090 pc)[2][note 1]
Apparent size (V)1.1′ × 1.0′[2]
Other designations
UGC 251, MGC+04-02-020, PGC 1606[3]

Notes
  1. POSS1 103a-O values used.

References
  1. 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. "NED results for object NGC 0109". National Aeronautics and Space Administration / Infrared Processing and Analysis Center. Retrieved 16 March 2017.
  3. "NGC 107". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 16 March 2017.
  4. "NGC Objects: NGC 100 - 149".
  • Media related to NGC 109 at Wikimedia Commons


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