NGC 63

NGC 63 is a spiral galaxy in the constellation Pisces. NGC 63 is its New General Catalogue designation. It has an apparent V-band magnitude of 12.70.[5]

NGC 63
SDSS image of NGC 63
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
ConstellationPisces
Right ascension00h 17m 45.54685s[1]
Declination+11° 27′ 01.0220″[1]
Redshift0.003883[2]
Heliocentric radial velocity1162 km/s[2]
Distance60.73 ± 0.39 Mly (18.62 ± 0.12 Mpc)[3]
Apparent magnitude (V)12.70[4]
Apparent magnitude (B)12.53[4]
Characteristics
TypeS pec[5]
Other designations
UGC 167, MCG +02-01-030, PGC 1160[2]

Discovery

The galaxy was discovered by Heinrich Louis d'Arrest in 1865.[6]

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 63". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2021-02-08.
  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. "Search specification: NGC 63". HyperLeda. Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1. Retrieved 2021-02-08.
  5. "Results for object NGC 0063 (NGC 63)". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. California Institute of Technology. Retrieved 2021-02-08.
  6. Seligman, Courtney. "New General Catalogue objects: NGC 50 - 99". cseligman.com. Retrieved 2021-02-08.
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