NGC 66

NGC 66 is a barred spiral galaxy discovered by Frank Muller in 1886, and is located in the Cetus constellation.[5]

PanSTARRS view of NGC 66 and NGC 65
NGC 66
DECam image of NGC 66
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
ConstellationCetus
Right ascension00h 19m 04.94039s[1]
Declination−22° 56′ 10.8306″[1]
Redshift0.025368[2]
Heliocentric radial velocity7509 km/s[2]
Distance286.69 ± 0.65 Mly (87.90 ± 0.20 Mpc)[3]
Apparent magnitude (B)14.21[2]
Characteristics
TypeSB(r)b pec[4]
Other designations
MCG -04-02-002, PGC 1236[2]

See also

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 66". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2021-02-13.
  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. "Results for object NGC 0066 (NGC 66)". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. California Institute of Technology. Retrieved 2021-02-13.
  5. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-05-20. Retrieved 2015-10-04.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) The NGC/IC Public Database, Accessed 4 Apr 2014
  • Media related to NGC 66 at Wikimedia Commons
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