NGC 125

Also known as New General Catalogue 125

lenticular galaxy in the constellation Pisces

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Within Vinony's link graph, NGC 125 is referenced by 891 other articles, and connects out to list of NGC objects (1–1000), NGC 241 and NGC 945.

It sits within the topics Lenticular galaxies, NGC objects and Pisces (constellation).

Its subject is documented across 34 Wikipedia language editions.

Key facts

Constellation: Pisces
Right ascension: 00 28 50.206
Declination: +02 ° 50 ′ 20.06 ″
Redshift: 0.017 722
Heliocentric radial velocity: 5266 km/s
Type: (R)SA0+P
Apparent size v: 1.70 ′ x 1.5 ′

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: lenticular galaxy
Constellation: Pisces
Distance from Earth: 71.24
Image: NGC 0125 SDSS.jpg

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galaxy morphological type: S0
catalog code: LEDA 1772
discoverer or inventor: William Herschel
time of discovery or invention: 1790-12-25
Commons category: NGC 125
right ascension: 7.2091917
declination: 2.8389056
redshift: 0.017722
apparent magnitude: 14.2
radial velocity: 5266
epoch: J2000.0

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Encyclopedic overview

NGC 125 (also known as PGC 1772) is a lenticular galaxy located in the constellation Pisces. It is designated as subclass Sa Ring in the galaxy morphological classification scheme. It lies approximately 235 million light-years away.

NGC 125 was discovered by astronomer William Herschel on 25 December 1790 and viewed with a reflecting telescope with an aperture of 18.7 inches. At the time of discovery, its coordinates were recorded as 00h 21m 41s, +87° 56.1′ -20.0″. It was also observed 12 October 1827 by John Herschel. Dreyer described NGC 125 as "very faint" and "small", with a "brighter middle". It is about 115 thousand light-years across, making it slightly larger than the Milky Way galaxy.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “NGC 125” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.