NGC 80

NGC 80 is a lenticular galaxy located in the constellation Andromeda. It is interacting with NGC 47 and NGC 68, and is the brightest cluster galaxy of the NGC 80 group, a galaxy group named after it.[3]

NGC 80
2MASS image of NGC 80
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
ConstellationAndromeda
Right ascension 00h 21m 10.865s[1]
Declination+22° 21 26.11[1]
Redshift0.019006
Helio radial velocity5698[2]
Distance260.76 ± 66.60 Mly (79.950 ± 20.421 Mpc)[2]
Group or clusterNGC 80 group[3]
Apparent magnitude (V)12.07[2]
Apparent magnitude (B)13.7[4]
Absolute magnitude (V)-22.38[2]
Characteristics
TypeSA0[2]
Size166,900 ly (51,160 pc)[2]
Apparent size (V)2.2 × 2.002[2]
Other designations
UGC 203, MCG+04-02-004, PGC 1351[4]

References

  1. Skrutskie, M. (2006). "The Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS)". The Astronomical Journal. 131 (2): 1163–1183. Bibcode:2006AJ....131.1163S. doi:10.1086/498708.
  2. "NED Results for NGC 0080". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
  3. Silchenko, Olga K.; Afanasiev, Victor L. (2008). "Stellar populations and galaxy evolution in the NGC 80 group". arXiv:0807.0334 [astro-ph].
  4. "NGC 80". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
  • Media related to NGC 80 at Wikimedia Commons
  • (in English) SEDS


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