NGC 1
| NGC 1 | |
|---|---|
 NGC 1 (center) and NGC 2 (below) | |
| Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
| Constellation | Pegasus |
| Right ascension | 00h 07m 15.86s[1] |
| Declination | +27° 42′ 29.7″[1] |
| Redshift | 0.015160 (4,545 ± 5 km/s)[1] |
| Distance | 190 Mly (58 Mpc)[1] |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 13.65[1] |
| Characteristics | |
| Type | SA(s)b[1] |
| Apparent size (V) | 1'.549 x 1'.023 |
| Other designations | |
| UGC 00057, PGC 000564, Holm 2A[1] | |
NGC 1 is a spiral galaxy located 190 million light-years away in the constellation Pegasus. At about 90,000 light-years in diameter, it is just a little smaller than our galaxy, the Milky Way. It is the first object listed in the New General Catalogue.[1] In the coordinates used at the time of the catalog's compilation (epoch 1860), this object had the lowest right ascension of all the objects in the catalog, making it the first object to be listed when the objects were arranged by right ascension.[2] Since then, the coordinates have shifted, and this object no longer has the lowest right ascension of all the NGC objects.[3]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 1. Retrieved 2006-11-04.
- ^ Dreyer, J. L. E., "New General Catalogue of Nebulae and Clusters of stars (1888)", Memoirs of the Royal Astronomical Society, 49. p3, Royal Astronomical Society, 1962.
- ^ Erdmann, R.E., Jr., The Historically Corrected New General Catalogue of Nebulæ and Clusters of Stars, p12, retrieved and archived 13th June 2008.
External links
- NGC 1 on WikiSky: DSS2, SDSS, GALEX, IRAS, Hydrogen α, X-Ray, Astrophoto, Sky Map, Articles and images
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