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| NGC 163 | |
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 SDSS image of NGC 163 | |
| Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
| Constellation | Cetus |
| Right ascension | 00 35 59.840 |
| Declination | −10° 07′ 18.32″ |
| Redshift | 0.019954 |
| Heliocentric radial velocity | 5982 |
| Distance | 228.64 ± 53.13 Mly (70.100 ± 16.291 Mpc) |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 12.70 |
| Apparent magnitude (B) | 13.64 |
| Characteristics | |
| Type | E0 |
| Size | 103,000 ly (31,570 pc) |
| Apparent size (V) | 1.19′ × 1.11′ |
| Other designations | |
| MGC-02-02-066, PGC 2149 | |
NGC 163 is an elliptical galaxy in the constellation Cetus. It was discovered by William Herschel in 1890. Seen through an optical telescope it ranges up to 13th magnitude.
Notes
- RC3 D_25; R_25 (blue) values used.
References
- ^ Skrutskie, Michael F.; Cutri, Roc M.; Stiening, Rae; Weinberg, Martin D.; Schneider, Stephen E.; Carpenter, John M.; Beichman, Charles A.; Capps, Richard W.; Chester, Thomas; Elias, Jonathan H.; Huchra, John P.; Liebert, James W.; Lonsdale, Carol J.; Monet, David G.; Price, Stephan; Seitzer, Patrick; Jarrett, Thomas H.; Kirkpatrick, J. Davy; Gizis, John E.; Howard, Elizabeth V.; Evans, Tracey E.; Fowler, John W.; Fullmer, Linda; Hurt, Robert L.; Light, Robert M.; Kopan, Eugene L.; Marsh, Kenneth A.; McCallon, Howard L.; Tam, Robert; Van Dyk, Schuyler D.; Wheelock, Sherry L. (1 February 2006). "The Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS)". The Astronomical Journal. 131 (2): 1163–1183. Bibcode:2006AJ....131.1163S. doi:10.1086/498708. ISSN 0004-6256. S2CID 18913331.
- ^ "NED results for object NGC 0163". National Aeronautics and Space Administration / Infrared Processing and Analysis Center. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
- ^ "NGC 163". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
External links
Media related to NGC 163 at Wikimedia Commons
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