NGC 13

NGC 13 is a spiral galaxy[1] in the constellation Andromeda. It is estimated to be about 220 million light-years (66 Megaparsecs) away from the Sun.[1] It was discovered on November 26, 1790, by William Herschel.[3]

NGC 13 (near-infrared)
NGC 13
SDSS image of NGC 13
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
ConstellationAndromeda
Right ascension00h 08m 47.72s[1]
Declination+33° 26 00.0[1]
Redshift0.01604[1]
Heliocentric radial velocity4808 ± 9 km/s[1]
Distance215.8 ± 15.1 Mly (66.15 ± 4.64 Mpc)[1]
Apparent magnitude (B)14.20[2]
Absolute magnitude (V)19.76[2]
Characteristics
Type(R)Sab:[1]
Apparent size (V)2.2 × 0.4[3]
Other designations
UGC 77, MCG +05-01-034, PGC 650[4]

References

  1. "Results for object NGC 0013 (NGC 13)". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. California Institute of Technology. Retrieved 2021-02-02.
  2. "The galaxy NGC 13".
  3. Seligman, Courtney. "New General Catalogue objects: NGC 1 - 49". cseligman.com. Retrieved 2021-02-02.
  4. "NGC 13". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2020-02-02.


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