NGC 70

NGC 70

NGC 70, located in the central NGC 68 group. The galaxy below is NGC 68 (left) and NGC 71 (upper)
Observation data (J2000.0 epoch)
Constellation Andromeda
Right ascension 00h 18m 22.55s
Declination +30h 04m 43.4s
Redshift 0.023907[1]
Helio radial velocity 7167 km/s[1]
Distance 320-325 Mly[2][3]
Apparent magnitude (V) 13.5[4][2]
Characteristics
Type Sb[5] Sbc[4] SA(rs)c[2]
Size 180,000[2]
Apparent size (V) ~1.7'x1.4'[5][4][6]
Other designations
IC 1539, UGC 174, ARP 113, VV 166a, CGCG 499-108, CGCG 0015.8+2949, MCG +05-01-067, 2MASX J00182252+3004465, 2MASXi J0018225+300446, IRAS F00157+2948, WBL 007-010, LDCE 0012 NED014, HDCE 0011 NED005, USGC U012 NED10, HOLM 006C, MAPS-PP O_1257_0202235A, PGC 001194, SRGb 062.055, UZC J001822.6+300446, NVSS J001823+300439, [M98j] 003 NED01, [VCV2001] J001822.6+300446, [VCV2006] J001822.6+300446

NGC 70 is a spiral galaxy in the constellation Andromeda.[7] It was discovered on September 11, 1784.[7] It was also observed on December 19, 1897 by Guillaume Bigourdan from France who described it as "extremely faint, very small, round, between 2 faint stars"[2]

References

  1. 1 2 "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database - NGC 70". NED. NASA/IPAC. Retrieved 23 November 2014.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Seligman, Courtney. "New General Catalog Objects: NGC 50 - 99". cseligman.com. Retrieved 23 November 2014.
  3. ↑ Wright, Ned. "Ned Wright's Javascript Cosmology Calculator". http://www.astro.ucla.edu. UCLA. Retrieved 23 November 2014. External link in |website= (help)
  4. 1 2 3 "NGC 70 >> Deep Sky Object Browser". Deep Sky Objects Browser. Retrieved 23 November 2014.
  5. 1 2 "NGC 70 - Simbad". http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr. Stratsbourg Astronomical Data Center. Retrieved 23 November 2014. External link in |website= (help)
  6. ↑ "WIKISKY - NGC 70". wikisky. SKY-MAP.org. Retrieved 23 November 2014.
  7. 1 2 "NGC 70". Courtney Seligman. Retrieved 14 March 2015.
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