NGC 75

NGC 75
SDSS image of NGC 75
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Pisces
Right ascension	00^h 19^m 26.356^s[1]
Declination	+06° 26′ 57.33″[1]
Redshift	0.019273[2]
Heliocentric radial velocity	5722 km/s[2]
Distance	261.9 ± 18.4 Mly (80.31 ± 5.65 Mpc)[3]
Apparent magnitude (B)	14.64[4]
Characteristics
Type	S0[3]
Other designations
UGC 182, MCG +01-01-051, PGC 1255[2]

NGC 75 is a lenticular galaxy estimated to be about 260 million light-years^[3] away in the constellation of Pisces. It was discovered by Lewis A. Swift from the USA in 1886 and its magnitude is 13.2.^[5]

References

1. 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.
2. "NGC 75". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2021-02-02.
3. "Results for object NGC 0075 (NGC 75)". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. California Institute of Technology. Retrieved 2021-02-02.
4. "Search specification: NGC 75". HyperLeda. Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1. Retrieved 2021-02-02.
5. Seligman, Courtney. "New General Catalogue objects: NGC 50 - 99". cseligman.com. Retrieved 2021-02-02.

External links

• Media related to NGC 75 at Wikimedia Commons