NGC 14

NGC 14
NGC 14
Observation data (J 2000.0 epoch)
Constellation Pegasus
Right ascension 00h 08m 46.4s
Declination +15° 48 59
Redshift 0.002885[1]
Helio radial velocity 865 ± 1 km/s[1]
Distance 47.1 Mly
(12.8 Mpc)[2]
Apparent magnitude (V) 12.71[1]
Characteristics
Type (R)IB(s)m pec[1]
Apparent size (V) 1.995′ × 1.349′[1]
Other designations
UGC 75, PGC 647, Arp 235[1]

NGC 14 is an irregular galaxy in the Pegasus constellation. It was included in Halton Arp's Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies, under the section "Galaxies with the appearance of fission," since the irregular appearance of this galaxy causes it to look like it is separating apart.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 0014. Retrieved 2010-05-03.
  2. "Distance Results for NGC 0014". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. Retrieved 2010-05-03.
  3. Arp, Halton (1966). Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies. Pasadena, California: California Institute of Technology. Retrieved 5 Jan 2010. (webpage includes PDF link)
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