Astronomy:NGC 74

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Short description: Galaxy in the constellation Andromeda
NGC 74
NGC74 - SDSS DR14.jpg
SDSS image of NGC 74
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
ConstellationAndromeda
Right ascension 00h 18m 49.297s[1]
Declination+30° 03′ 43.64″[1]
Redshift0.023933[2]
Helio radial velocity7089 km/s[2]
Distance325.2 ± 22.8 Mly (99.72 ± 7.00 Mpc)[3]
Apparent magnitude (B)15.64[4]
Characteristics
TypeSbc[4]
Other designations
MCG+05-01-071, PGC 1219[2]

NGC 74 is a lenticular galaxy located in the Andromeda constellation. It was discovered on 7 October 1855 by Irish astronomer William Parsons.[5]

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References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Skrutskie, Michael F.; Cutri, Roc M.; Stiening, Rae; Weinberg, Martin D.; Schneider, Stephen E.; Carpenter, John M.; Beichman, Charles A.; Capps, Richard W. et al. (1 February 2006). "The Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS)". The Astronomical Journal 131 (2): 1163–1183. doi:10.1086/498708. ISSN 0004-6256. Bibcode2006AJ....131.1163S. https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2006AJ....131.1163S/abstract. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 "NGC 74". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=NGC+74. 
  3. "Results for object NGC 0074 (NGC 74)". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. California Institute of Technology. https://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/byname?objname=NGC%2074&hconst=67.8&omegam=0.308&omegav=0.692&wmap=4&corr_z=1. Retrieved 2021-02-12. 
  4. 4.0 4.1 "Search specification: NGC 74". HyperLeda. Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1. http://leda.univ-lyon1.fr/ledacat.cgi?o=NGC%2074. Retrieved 2021-02-12. 
  5. "New General Catalog Objects: NGC 50 - 99". Cseligman. http://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ngc0a.htm#74. 

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