NGC 64 is a barred spiral galaxy discovered by Lewis Swift in 1886, and is located in the Cetus constellation.[3]
| NGC 64 | |
|---|---|
 SDSS image of NGC 64 | |
| Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
| Constellation | Cetus |
| Right ascension | 00h 17m 30.368s[1] |
| Declination | −06° 49′ 28.69″[1] |
| Redshift | 0.024384[2] |
| Heliocentric radial velocity | 7312 ± 9 km/s[2] |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 13.2[3] |
| Characteristics | |
| Type | SB(s)bc[2] |
| Apparent size (V) | 1.5' × 1.1'[2] |
| Other designations | |
| NGC 64, MCG 01-01-068, PGC 1149. | |
References
edit- ^ a b Skrutskie, Michael F.; Cutri, Roc M.; Stiening, Rae; Weinberg, Martin D.; Schneider, Stephen E.; Carpenter, John M.; Beichman, Charles A.; Capps, Richard W.; Chester, Thomas; Elias, Jonathan H.; Huchra, John P.; Liebert, James W.; Lonsdale, Carol J.; Monet, David G.; Price, Stephan; Seitzer, Patrick; Jarrett, Thomas H.; Kirkpatrick, J. Davy; Gizis, John E.; Howard, Elizabeth V.; Evans, Tracey E.; Fowler, John W.; Fullmer, Linda; Hurt, Robert L.; Light, Robert M.; Kopan, Eugene L.; Marsh, Kenneth A.; McCallon, Howard L.; Tam, Robert; Van Dyk, Schuyler D.; Wheelock, Sherry L. (1 February 2006). "The Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS)". The Astronomical Journal. 131 (2): 1163–1183. Bibcode:2006AJ....131.1163S. doi:10.1086/498708. ISSN 0004-6256. S2CID 18913331.
- ^ a b c d The NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database, Accessed 21 Feb 2014
- ^ a b The NGC/IC Project Archived 2012-05-20 at the Wayback Machine, Accessed 21 Feb 2014
External links
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