NGC 117
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lenticular galaxy in the constellation Cetus
Astronomical data · SIMBAD
- Object type
- GiG
- Redshift
- z = 0.017972
- Coordinates
- RA 6.7962° · Dec 1.3337°
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Key facts
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Right ascension
- 00 27 11.14
- Declination
- +01 ° 20 ′ 00.5 ″
- Heliocentric radial velocity
- 5339 ± 35 km/s
- Distance
- 234.9 Mly (72.02 Mpc )
- Type
- S0 :
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- spiral galaxy
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Distance from Earth
- 72.02
- Image
- NGC117 - SDSS DR14.jpg
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- catalog code
- Gaia DR2 2546990923074793600
- discoverer or inventor
- Albert Marth
- time of discovery or invention
- 1863-09-13
- Commons category
- NGC 117
- right ascension
- 6.79615585541900
- declination
- 1.33369817006090
- apparent magnitude
- 15.5
- radial velocity
- 5339
- epoch
- J2000.0
- redshift
- 0.017972
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Encyclopedic overview
NGC 117 is a lenticular galaxy with a magnitude of 14.3 in the constellation Cetus. NGC 117 is its New General Catalogue designation. It was discovered on September 13, 1863, by the astronomer Albert Marth.
See also
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “NGC 117” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.