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NGC 159

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NGC 159
DECam image of NGC 159
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
ConstellationPhoenix
Right ascension00h 34m 35.518s[1]
Declination−55° 47′ 23.66″[1]
Redshift0.027976[2]
Heliocentric radial velocity8387[2]
Distance376.0 Mly (115.27 Mpc)[3]
Apparent magnitude (B)14.86[4]
Characteristics
Type(R)SB0/a(r)[2]
Size230,400 ly (70,630 pc)[2][note 1]
Apparent size (V)1.29′ × 0.45′[2]
Other designations
ESO 150-11, PGC 2073[4]

NGC 159 is a barred lenticular galaxy in the constellation Phoenix. The galaxy was discovered on October 28, 1834, by John Frederick William Herschel.

Notes

  1. ^ ESO-LV "Quick Blue" values used.

References

  1. ^ a b Skrutskie, Michael F.; Cutri, Roc M.; Stiening, Rae; Weinberg, Martin D.; Schneider, Stephen E.; Carpenter, John M.; Beichman, Charles A.; Capps, Richard W.; Chester, Thomas; Elias, Jonathan H.; Huchra, John P.; Liebert, James W.; Lonsdale, Carol J.; Monet, David G.; Price, Stephan; Seitzer, Patrick; Jarrett, Thomas H.; Kirkpatrick, J. Davy; Gizis, John E.; Howard, Elizabeth V.; Evans, Tracey E.; Fowler, John W.; Fullmer, Linda; Hurt, Robert L.; Light, Robert M.; Kopan, Eugene L.; Marsh, Kenneth A.; McCallon, Howard L.; Tam, Robert; Van Dyk, Schuyler D.; Wheelock, Sherry L. (1 February 2006). "The Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS)". The Astronomical Journal. 131 (2): 1163–1183. Bibcode:2006AJ....131.1163S. doi:10.1086/498708. ISSN 0004-6256. S2CID 18913331.
  2. ^ a b c d e "NED results for object NGC 0159". National Aeronautics and Space Administration / Infrared Processing and Analysis Center. Retrieved 11 April 2017.
  3. ^ Crook, Aidan C.; Huchra, John P.; Martimbeau, Nathalie; Masters, Karen L.; Jarrett, Tom; Macri, Lucas M. (2007). "Groups of Galaxies in the Two Micron All Sky Redshift Survey". The Astrophysical Journal. 655 (2): 790–813. arXiv:astro-ph/0610732. Bibcode:2007ApJ...655..790C. doi:10.1086/510201. S2CID 11672751.
  4. ^ a b "NGC 159". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 11 April 2017.

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