NGC 163

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Galaxy in the constellation Cetus

NGC 163
SDSS image of NGC 163
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Cetus
Right ascension	00h 35m 59.840s[1]
Declination	−10° 07′ 18.32″[1]
Redshift	0.019954[2]
Heliocentric radial velocity	5982[2]
Distance	228.64 ± 53.13 Mly (70.100 ± 16.291 Mpc)[2]
Apparent magnitude (V)	12.70[3]
Apparent magnitude (B)	13.64[3]
Characteristics
Type	E0[2]
Size	103,000 ly (31,570 pc)[2][note 1]
Apparent size (V)	1.19′ × 1.11′[2]
Other designations
MGC-02-02-066, PGC 2149[3]

NGC 163 is an elliptical galaxy in the constellation Cetus. It was discovered by William Herschel in 1890. Seen through an optical telescope it ranges up to 13th magnitude.^{[citation needed]}

Notes

1. ^ RC3 D_25; R_25 (blue) values used.

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Skrutskie, Michael F.; Cutri, Roc M.; Stiening, Rae; Weinberg, Martin D.; Schneider, Stephen E.; Carpenter, John M.; Beichman, Charles A.; Capps, Richard W.; Chester, Thomas; Elias, Jonathan H.; Huchra, John P.; Liebert, James W.; Lonsdale, Carol J.; Monet, David G.; Price, Stephan; Seitzer, Patrick; Jarrett, Thomas H.; Kirkpatrick, J. Davy; Gizis, John E.; Howard, Elizabeth V.; Evans, Tracey E.; Fowler, John W.; Fullmer, Linda; Hurt, Robert L.; Light, Robert M.; Kopan, Eugene L.; Marsh, Kenneth A.; McCallon, Howard L.; Tam, Robert; Van Dyk, Schuyler D.; Wheelock, Sherry L. (1 February 2006). "The Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS)". The Astronomical Journal. 131 (2): 1163–1183. Bibcode:2006AJ....131.1163S. doi:10.1086/498708. ISSN 0004-6256. S2CID 18913331.
2. ^ ^{a b c d e f} "NED results for object NGC 0163". National Aeronautics and Space Administration / Infrared Processing and Analysis Center. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
3. ^ ^{a b c} "NGC 163". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 23 April 2017.

External links

• Media related to NGC 163 at Wikimedia Commons

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