NGC 9
| NGC 9 | |
|---|---|
|
NGC 9 at 2MASS project | |
| Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
| Constellation | Pegasus |
| Right ascension | 00h 08m 54.7s [1] |
| Declination | +23° 49′ 01″[1] |
| Redshift | 0.015104[1] |
| Helio radial velocity | 4528 ± 10 km/s[1] |
| Distance |
142 ± 31 Mly (43.5 ± 9.5 kpc)[2] |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 14.35 [1] |
| Characteristics | |
| Type | Sb: pec [1] |
| Apparent size (V) | 1.3' x 0.7' [1] |
| Other designations | |
| UGC 78,[1] PGC 652 [1] | |
NGC 9 is a spiral galaxy about 140 million light years away in the Pegasus constellation. It was discovered on 27 September 1865 by Otto Struve. [3]
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "NED results for object NGC 0009". National Aeronautics and Space Administration / Infrared Processing and Analysis Center. 2008. Retrieved 24 November 2008.
- ↑ "Distance Results for NGC 0009". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. Retrieved 2010-05-03.
- ↑ Steinicke, Wolfgang (2010). Observing and Cataloguing Nebulae and Star Clusters. Cambridge University Press. p. 283. ISBN 9780521192675.
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