| NGC 73 | |
|---|---|
 ESO's VST image of NGC 73 | |
| Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
| Constellation | Cetus |
| Right ascension | 00 18 38.98029 |
| Declination | −15° 19′ 20.6128″ |
| Redshift | 0.025785 |
| Heliocentric radial velocity | 7631 km/s |
| Distance | 289.4 Mly (88.72 Mpc) |
| Apparent magnitude (B) | 13 |
| Characteristics | |
| Type | SAB(rs)bc: |
| Other designations | |
| MCG -03-01-026, PGC 1211 | |
NGC 73 is an intermediate spiral galaxy estimated to be about 350 million light-years away in the constellation of Cetus. It was discovered by Lewis A. Swift from the USA in 1886 and its apparent magnitude is 13.7.
References
- ^ Brown, A. G. A.; et al. (Gaia collaboration) (August 2018). "Gaia Data Release 2: Summary of the contents and survey properties". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 616. A1. arXiv:1804.09365. Bibcode:2018A&A...616A...1G. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201833051.
- ^ "NGC 73". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2020-12-12.
- Tully, R. Brent; Courtois, Hélène M.; Sorce, Jenny G. (2016). "Cosmicflows-3". The Astronomical Journal. 152 (2): 21. arXiv:1605.01765. Bibcode:2016AJ....152...50T. doi:10.3847/0004-6256/152/2/50. S2CID 250737862. 50.
- "Results for object NGC 0073 (NGC 73)". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. California Institute of Technology. Retrieved 2020-12-12.
- "NGC Objects: NGC 50 - 99".
External links
Media related to NGC 73 at Wikimedia Commons
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