NGC 112

NGC 112 is a barred spiral galaxy located in the constellation Andromeda. It was discovered by American astronomer Lewis Swift on September 17, 1885. The galaxy lies approximately 295 million light-years from Earth, and is about 75,000 light-years in diameter.[4]

NGC 112
SDSS image of NGC 112
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
ConstellationAndromeda
Right ascension00h 26m 48.74910s[1]
Declination+31° 42′ 11.9738″[1]
Redshift0.021028[2]
Heliocentric radial velocity6238 km/s[2]
Distance282.78 ± 0.65 Mly (86.70 ± 0.2 Mpc)[3]
Apparent magnitude (B)14.5[2]
Characteristics
TypeSB(rs)bc?[4]
Other designations
UGC 255, MCG +05-02-013, PGC 1654[2]

References
  1. 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. "NGC 112". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2021-02-07.
  3. Tully, R. Brent; et al. (2013). "Cosmicflows-2: The Data". The Astronomical Journal. 146 (4): 86. arXiv:1307.7213. Bibcode:2013AJ....146...86T. doi:10.1088/0004-6256/146/4/86. S2CID 118494842.
  4. Seligman, Courtney. "New General Catalogue objects: NGC 100 - 149". cseligman.com. Retrieved 2021-02-07.


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