NGC 131
Sign in to saveAlso known as New General Catalogue 131
spiral galaxy in the constellation Sculptor
Astronomical data · SIMBAD
- Object type
- Sy2
- Redshift
- z = 0.004776637843237537
- Coordinates
- RA 7.4106° · Dec -33.2599°
View on SIMBAD →
via SIMBAD · CDS Strasbourg
Key facts
- Constellation
- Sculptor
- Right ascension
- 00 29 38.5
- Declination
- −33 ° 15 ′ 35 ″
- Heliocentric radial velocity
- 1410 km/s
- Type
- SB(s)b
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Distance from Earth
- 18
- Image
- NGC 131 DECam.png
Show 9 more facts
- catalog code
- LEDA 1813
- time of discovery or invention
- 1834-09-25
- redshift
- 0.004703
- apparent magnitude
- 10.489
- galaxy morphological type
- Sa:
- Commons category
- NGC 131
- right ascension
- 7.4104958
- declination
- -33.2597194
- radial velocity
- 1410
via Wikidata · CC0
~1 min read
Article
NGC 131 is a spiral galaxy that was discovered on September 25, 1834, by John Herschel. This galaxy belongs in the NGC 134 group of galaxies: NGC 115, NGC 148, NGC 150, PGC 2000 (often confused with IC 1554), IC 1555, and PGC 2044.
Appearance
Connections
list of NGC objects (1–1000)
Entity
epoch
Entity
NGC 241
Entity
NGC 945
Entity
star
Entity
galaxy
Entity
constellation
Entity
Andromeda Galaxy
Entity
exoplanet
Entity
John Frederick William Herschel
Entity
redshift
Entity
star cluster
Entity
Sculptor
Entity
apparent magnitude
Entity
right ascension
Entity
Triangulum Galaxy
Entity
declination
Entity
spiral galaxy
Entity
New General Catalogue
Entity
galaxy cluster
Entity