NGC 131
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spiral galaxy in the constellation Sculptor
Astronomical data · SIMBAD
- Object type
- Sy2
- Redshift
- z = 0.004776637843237537
- Coordinates
- RA 7.4106° · Dec -33.2599°
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Key facts
- Constellation
- Sculptor
- Right ascension
- 00 29 38.5
- Declination
- −33 ° 15 ′ 35 ″
- Heliocentric radial velocity
- 1410 km/s
- Type
- SB(s)b
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- spiral galaxy
- Constellation
- Sculptor
- Distance from Earth
- 18
- Image
- NGC 131 DECam.png
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- catalog code
- LEDA 1813
- discoverer or inventor
- John Frederick William Herschel
- time of discovery or invention
- 1834-09-25
- redshift
- 0.004703
- apparent magnitude
- 10.489
- galaxy morphological type
- Sa:
- Commons category
- NGC 131
- right ascension
- 7.4104958
- declination
- -33.2597194
- radial velocity
- 1410
- epoch
- J2000.0
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Encyclopedic overview
NGC 131 is a spiral galaxy that was discovered on September 25, 1834, by John Herschel. This galaxy belongs in the NGC 134 group of galaxies: NGC 115, NGC 148, NGC 150, PGC 2000 (often confused with IC 1554), IC 1555, and PGC 2044.
Appearance
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “NGC 131” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.