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NGC 16

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Also known as New General Catalogue 16

lenticular galaxy in the constellation Pegasus

Key facts

Constellation
Pegasus
Right ascension
00 09 04.3
Declination
+27 ° 43 ′ 45 ″
Heliocentric radial velocity
3100 ± 17 km/s
Absolute magnitude v
− 20.62
Type
SAB0
Apparent size v
1.8 ′ × 1.0 ′

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Wikidata facts

Constellation
Pegasus
Distance from Earth
37.8
Image
NGC16 - SDSS DR14.jpg
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epoch
J2000.0
redshift
0.010214
catalog code
LEDA 660
Commons category
NGC 16
galaxy morphological type
S0
discoverer or inventor
William Herschel
time of discovery or invention
1784-09-08
apparent magnitude
8.784
right ascension
2.2679167
declination
27.7294528
radial velocity
3046
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Encyclopedic overview

NGC 16 is a lenticular galaxy located in the Pegasus constellation. It was discovered on September 8, 1784, by William Herschel.

In the Webb Society Deep-Sky Observer's Handbook, the visual appearance of NGC 16 is described as follows:

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “NGC 16” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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