NGC 23

NGC 23

NGC 23 by HST
Observation data
Constellation Pegasus
Right ascension 00h 09m 53.4s
Declination +25° 55′ 27″
Redshift 0.015231[1]
Helio radial velocity 4566 ± 2 km/s[1]
Distance 193 ± 14.6 Mly
(59.2 ± 4.5 Mpc)[2]
Type spiral
See also: Galaxy, List of galaxies

NGC 23 is a spiral galaxy located in the Pegasus constellation.

In the Webb Society Deep-Sky Observer's Handbook, [3] the visual appearance of NGC 23 is described as follows:

Bright, extended ellipse; a bright nuclear structure is noticeably elongated; two weak spiral enhancements emerge from opposite sides of the nucleus, one curving towards a bright star attached on the south end.

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References

  1. ^ a b "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 0023. http://nedwww.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/nph-objsearch?objname=NGC+23&img_stamp=yes&extend=no. Retrieved 2010-05-04. 
  2. ^ "Distance Results for NGC 0023". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. http://nedwww.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/nDistance?name=NGC+0023. Retrieved 2010-05-04. 
  3. ^ Jones, K. G. (1981). Webb Society Deep-Sky Observer's Handbook. Enslow Publishers. ISBN 0894901346. http://openlibrary.org/b/OL8249797M/Webb_Society_Deep-Sky_Observer%27s_Handbook. 

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