NGC 120
NGC 120 is a lenticular galaxy of type SB0? pec? with an apparent magnitude of 13.4 located in the constellation Cetus.[5] It was discovered on 27 September 1880 by Wilhelm Tempel.[5]
| NGC 120 | |
|---|---|
 legacy surveys DR9 image of NGC 120 | |
| Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
| Constellation | Cetus |
| Right ascension | 00h 27m 30.09072s[1] |
| Declination | −01° 30′ 48.4591″[1] |
| Redshift | 0.0136[2] |
| Heliocentric radial velocity | 4057 km/s[2] |
| Distance | 168.0 Mly (51.52 Mpc)[3] |
| Apparent magnitude (B) | 14.8[2] |
| Characteristics | |
| Type | SB00:[4] |
| Other designations | |
| UGC 267, MCG +00-02-033, PGC 1693[2] | |
See also
References
- 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. Gaia DR2 record for this source at VizieR.
- "NGC 120". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2021-02-21.
- 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.
- "Results for object NGC 0120 (NGC 120)". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. California Institute of Technology. Retrieved 2021-02-21.
- Seligman, Courtney. "New General Catalogue objects: NGC 100 - 149". cseligman.com. Retrieved 2021-02-21.
External links
Media related to NGC 120 at Wikimedia Commons
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