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NGC 114
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lenticular galaxy in the constellation Cetus
In the Vinony graph
Within Vinony's link graph, NGC 114 is referenced by 952 other articles, and connects out to list of NGC objects (1–1000), NGC 113 and NGC 241.
Vinony files it under Astronomical objects discovered in 1867, Cetus and Discoveries by Truman Safford.
Its subject is documented across 37 Wikipedia language editions.
Astronomical data · SIMBAD
- Object type
- GiG
- Redshift
- z = 0.012308515112811811
- Morphology
- SO
- Coordinates
- RA 6.7426° · Dec -1.7862°
via SIMBAD · CDS Strasbourg
Key facts
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Right ascension
- 00 26 58.22113
- Declination
- −01 ° 47 ′ 10.3429 ″
- Heliocentric radial velocity
- 4159 km/s
- Distance
- 195 M ly
- Type
- SB0(rs)?
- Size
- 55,000 ly
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- lenticular galaxy
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Distance from Earth
- 61.13
- Image
- NGC114 - SDSS DR14.jpg
Show 11 more facts
- discoverer or inventor
- Wilhelm Tempel
- catalog code
- Gaia DR2 2541100259465291136
- time of discovery or invention
- 1880-09-27
- apparent magnitude
- 10.323
- galaxy morphological type
- SB0
- Commons category
- NGC 114
- redshift
- 0.012309
- right ascension
- 6.74258803033380
- declination
- -1.78620636798310
- radial velocity
- 3911
- epoch
- J2000.0
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Encyclopedic overview
NGC 114 is a barred lenticular galaxy located in the constellation Cetus. It was discovered by American astronomer Truman Henry Safford on September 23, 1867. The galaxy lies approximately 195 million light-years from Earth, and is about 55,000 light-years in diameter, nearly half the size of the Milky Way.
References
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “NGC 114” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.