NGC 60

NGC 60

NGC 60 (2MASS)
Observation data (2000.0 epoch)
Constellation Pisces
Right ascension 00h 15m 58.28s
Declination -00° 18′ 12.7″
Redshift 0.039452[1]
Helio radial velocity 11,827 ± 27 km/s[1]
Distance ~500 Mly
(Redshift-based)
Type Sc
Apparent dimensions (V) 1'.30 × 1'.20
Apparent magnitude (V) 14.85
Other designations
UGC 150, MCG 0-1-48, ZWG 382.37, PGC 1058
See also: Galaxy, List of galaxies

NGC 60 is a Sc type spiral galaxy in the Pisces constellation. NGC 60 is noticed for its unusually distorted spiral arms, which are commonly due to gravitational effects of neighboring galaxies, but there are no galaxies around NGC 60 to allow this.

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Coordinates: 00h 15m 58.28s, −00° 18′ 12.7″