Q846418
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spiral galaxy in the constellation Sculptor
Key facts
- Constellation
- Sculptor
- Right ascension
- 00 30 21.97
- Declination
- −33 ° 14 ′ 38.5 ″
- Distance
- 60 million light years
- Type
- Sbc
- Apparent size v
- 8.4′×1.8′ (arcmin)
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Distance from Earth
- 22.3
- Image
- Phot-49-07.jpg
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- time of discovery or invention
- 1826-07-07
- Commons category
- NGC 134
- catalog code
- LEDA 1851
- galaxy morphological type
- Sbc
- redshift
- 0.005267
- apparent magnitude
- 6.844
- right ascension
- 7.5912208
- declination
- -33.2453500
- radial velocity
- 1581
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NGC 134 is a barred spiral galaxy that resembles the Milky Way with its spiral arms loosely wrapped around a bright, bar-shaped central region. Its loosely bound spiral arms categorize it as Hubble-type Sbc. It is 60 million light years away, and part of the Sculptor constellation.
The VLT image of the galaxy (shown right) reveals the following. A prominent feature of NGC 134 is its warped disc, i.e., when viewed sideways it does not appear flat. A trail of gas is stripped from the top edge of the disc. Together, these features suggest that it interacted with another galaxy, but that remains unproven. The galaxy has an abundance of ionized hydrogen regions along its spiral arms where stars are forming. These regions appear red in the picture. It also has many dark lanes of dust that occlude its complete starlight.