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NGC 72

Topic: Astronomy

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Short description: Galaxy in the constellation Andromeda
NGC 72
N70s-crop.jpg
NGC 72, located directly above NGC 71 and below NGC 71 is spiral galaxy NGC 70 (right) and NGC 68 (left)
Observation data (J2000.0 epoch)
ConstellationAndromeda
Right ascension 00h 18m 28.4s
Declination +30h 02m 26.5s
Redshift0.024213[1]
Helio radial velocity7259 km/s[1]
Distance320-325 Mly[2][3]
Apparent magnitude (V)13.5[4][2]
Characteristics
TypeSb[5] Sbc[4] SA(rs)c[2]
Size180,000[2]
Apparent size (V)~1.3'x1.0'[5][4][6]
Other designations
UGC 176, ARP 113, VV 166d, MCG +05-01-069, 2MASX J00182837+3002265, 2MASXi J00182837+3002265, PGC 001204

NGC 72 is a barred spiral galaxy estimated to be about 320 million light-years away in the constellation of Andromeda. It was discovered by R. J. Mitchell in 1855 and its magnitude is 13.5.[7]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database - NGC 72". NASA/IPAC. http://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/objsearch?objname=NGC+72&extend=no&hconst=73&omegam=0.27&omegav=0.73&corr_z=1&out_csys=Equatorial&out_equinox=J2000.0&obj_sort=RA+or+Longitude&of=pre_text&zv_breaker=30000.0&list_limit=5&img_stamp=YES. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Seligman, Courtney. "New General Catalog Objects: NGC 50 - 99". http://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ngc0a.htm#72. 
  3. ↑ Wright, Ned. "Ned Wright's Javascript Cosmology Calculator". UCLA. http://www.astro.ucla.edu/~wright/CosmoCalc.html. 
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 "NGC 72 >> Deep Sky Object Browser". http://dso-browser.com/dso/info/NGC/72. 
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 "NGC 72". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=NGC+72. 
  6. ↑ "WIKISKY - NGC 72". SKY-MAP.org. http://server3.wikisky.org/starview?object_type=2&object_id=13443. 
  7. ↑ "NGC Objects: NGC 50 - 99". http://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ngc0a.htm#72. 

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