NGC 169 | |
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![]() Hubble Space Telescope/Víctor M. Blanco Telescope image of NGC 169 (top) and IC 1559 (bottom) | |
Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
Constellation | Andromeda |
Right ascension | 00h 36m 51.6s[1] |
Declination | +23° 59′ 27″[1] |
Redshift | 0.015434[1] |
Apparent magnitude (V) | 13.3[1] |
Characteristics | |
Type | SA(s)ab[1] |
Apparent size (V) | 2.6' × 0.7'[1] |
Other designations | |
UGC 365, PGC 2202, Arp 282[1] |
NGC 169 is a spiral galaxy located in the constellation Andromeda. It was discovered on September 18, 1857 by R. J. Mitchell.[2]
NGC 169 has a smaller companion named NGC 169A, also designated IC1559. The two are currently interacting, and the pair is included in Halton Arp's Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 0169. Retrieved 2016-09-02.
- ^ "New General Catalog Objects: NGC 150–199". Cseligman. Retrieved September 2, 2016.
- ^ Arp, Halton (1966). Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies. Pasadena, California: California Institute of Technology. Retrieved 5 Jan 2010. (webpage includes PDF link)
External links
[edit]Media related to NGC 169 at Wikimedia Commons