NGC 120 | |
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![]() 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] |
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]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b 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.
- ^ a b c d "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.
- ^ a b Seligman, Courtney. "New General Catalogue objects: NGC 100 - 149". cseligman.com. Retrieved 2021-02-21.
External links
[edit]Media related to NGC 120 at Wikimedia Commons