NGC 69 is a barred lenticular galaxy located in the constellation Andromeda. It is a member of the NGC 68 group. It was discovered in 1855 by R. J. Mitchell, who described it as "extremely faint, very small, round."[5]
| NGC 69 | |
|---|---|
 SDSS image of NGC 69 | |
| Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
| Constellation | Andromeda |
| Right ascension | 00h 18m 20.49510s[1] |
| Declination | +30° 02′ 23.8402″[1] |
| Redshift | 0.02229[2] |
| Heliocentric radial velocity | 6607 km/s[2] |
| Distance | 305.6 ± 21.5 Mly (93.70 ± 6.58 Mpc)[3] |
| Group or cluster | NGC 68 group |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 14.71[4] |
| Apparent magnitude (B) | 15.76[4] |
| Characteristics | |
| Type | SB0−(s)[3] |
| Other designations | |
| MCG +05-01-066, PGC 1191[2] | |
References
edit- ^ a b 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.
- ^ a b c "NGC 69". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2021-02-09.
- ^ a b "Results for object NGC 0069 (NGC 69)". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. California Institute of Technology. Retrieved 2021-02-09.
- ^ a b "Search specification: NGC 69". HyperLeda. Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1. Retrieved 2021-02-09.
- ^ Seligman, Courtney. "New General Catalogue objects: NGC 50 - 99". cseligman.com. Retrieved 2021-02-09.
External links
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