NGC 117
Lenticular galaxy in the constellation Cetus
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NGC 117 is a lenticular galaxy with a magnitude of 14.3 in the constellation Cetus. NGC 117 is its New General Catalogue designation. It was discovered on September 13, 1863, by the astronomer Albert Marth.[5]
| NGC 117 | |
|---|---|
SDSS image of NGC 117 | |
| Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
| Constellation | Cetus |
| Right ascension | 00h 27m 11.14s[1] |
| Declination | +01° 20′ 00.5″[1] |
| Redshift | 0.017972[2] |
| Heliocentric radial velocity | 5339 ± 35 km/s[2] |
| Distance | 234.9 Mly (72.02 Mpc)[3] |
| Apparent magnitude (B) | 15.41[1] |
| Characteristics | |
| Type | S0+:[4] |
| Other designations | |
| MCG +00-02-029, PGC 1674[2] | |
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