NGC 124
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spiral galaxy in the constellation Cetus
Astronomical data · SIMBAD
- Object type
- EmG
- Redshift
- z = 0.013658655475193626
- Morphology
- Sc
- Coordinates
- RA 6.9682° · Dec -1.8103°
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Key facts
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Right ascension
- 00 27 52.363
- Declination
- −01 ° 48 ′ 36.49 ″
- Distance
- 181.02 ± 25.22 Mly (55.500 ± 7.731 Mpc )
- Type
- SA(s)c
- Size
- 84,200 ly (25,830 pc )
- Apparent size v
- 1.4 ′ × 0.9 ′
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Wikidata facts
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Distance from Earth
- 54.29
- Image
- NGC124 - SDSS DR14.jpg
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- catalog code
- LEDA 1715
- galaxy morphological type
- Sc
- discoverer or inventor
- Wilhelm Tempel
- time of discovery or invention
- 1880-09-27
- redshift
- 0.013489
- radial velocity
- 4041
- apparent magnitude
- 12.959
- Commons category
- NGC 124
- right ascension
- 6.9681792
- declination
- -1.8101361
- epoch
- J2000.0
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Encyclopedic overview
NGC 124 is a spiral galaxy in the constellation Cetus. It was discovered by Truman Henry Safford on September 23, 1867. The galaxy was described as "very faint, large, diffuse, 2 faint stars to northwest" by John Louis Emil Dreyer, the compiler of the New General Catalogue.
The 17th magnitude supernova SN 2004dd was discovered in this galaxy on 12 July 2004. It was a type II supernova.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “NGC 124” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.