NGC 119
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lenticular galaxy in the constellation Phoenix
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Vinony's link graph records 827 inbound references to NGC 119, and connects out to list of stars in Phoenix, list of NGC objects (1–1000) and epoch.
It is catalogued under topics including Lenticular galaxies, NGC objects and Phoenix (constellation).
Vinony links it to 33 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Constellation
- Phoenix
- Right ascension
- 00 26 57.61014
- Declination
- −56 ° 58 ′ 41.0368 ″
- Heliocentric radial velocity
- 7294 km/s
- Distance
- 329.8 Mly (101.11 Mpc )
- Type
- SA0 pec
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- lenticular galaxy
- Constellation
- Phoenix
- Distance from Earth
- 101.11
- Image
- NGC 119 DECam.png
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- galaxy morphological type
- S0
- catalog code
- Gaia DR2 4918930906289390208
- discoverer or inventor
- John Frederick William Herschel
- time of discovery or invention
- 1834-10-28
- radial velocity
- 7430
- right ascension
- 6.74004224694660
- declination
- -56.97806578436150
- apparent magnitude
- 9.876
- redshift
- 0.024634
- epoch
- J2000.0
- Commons category
- NGC 119
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Encyclopedic overview
NGC 119 is an unbarred lenticular galaxy with an apparent magnitude of 13.0 located in the constellation Phoenix. It was discovered on October 28, 1834, by the astronomer John Herschel.
See also
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “NGC 119” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.