NGC 60

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NGC 60
NGC 60 (2MASS)
Observation data (2000.0 epoch)
Constellation	Pisces
Right ascension	00^h 15^m 58.28^s
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.

An artist painting of NGC 60

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 0060. Retrieved 2010-05-04.

External links

NGC 60 on WikiSky: DSS2, SDSS, GALEX, IRAS, Hydrogen α, X-Ray, Astrophoto, Sky Map, Articles and images
SEDS: NGC 60

Astronomical catalogs

NGC	NGC 55 NGC 56 NGC 57 NGC 58 NGC 59 NGC 60 NGC 61 NGC 62 NGC 63 NGC 64 NGC 65

PGC	PGC 1054 PGC 1055 PGC 1056 PGC 1057 PGC 1058 PGC 1059 PGC 1060 PGC 1061 PGC 1062

UGC	UGC 146 UGC 147 UGC 148 UGC 149 UGC 150 UGC 151 UGC 152 UGC 153 UGC 154

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

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