NGC 69
SDSS image of NGC 69
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
ConstellationAndromeda
Right ascension00h 18m 20.49510s[1]
Declination+30° 02′ 23.8402″[1]
Redshift0.02229[2]
Heliocentric radial velocity6607 km/s[2]
Distance305.6 ± 21.5 Mly (93.70 ± 6.58 Mpc)[3]
Group or clusterNGC 68 group
Apparent magnitude (V)14.71[4]
Apparent magnitude (B)15.76[4]
Characteristics
TypeSB0−(s)[3]
Other designations
MCG +05-01-066, PGC 1191[2]

NGC 69 is a barred lenticular galaxy located in the constellation Andromeda. It is a member of the NGC 68 group. It was discovered in 1855 by R. J. Mitchell, who described it as "extremely faint, very small, round."[5]

References

  1. 1 2 Brown, A. G. A.; et al. (Gaia collaboration) (August 2018). "Gaia Data Release 2: Summary of the contents and survey properties". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 616. A1. arXiv:1804.09365. Bibcode:2018A&A...616A...1G. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201833051.
  2. 1 2 3 "NGC 69". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2021-02-09.
  3. 1 2 "Results for object NGC 0069 (NGC 69)". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. California Institute of Technology. Retrieved 2021-02-09.
  4. 1 2 "Search specification: NGC 69". HyperLeda. Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1. Retrieved 2021-02-09.
  5. ↑ Seligman, Courtney. "New General Catalogue objects: NGC 50 - 99". cseligman.com. Retrieved 2021-02-09.
  • Media related to NGC 69 at Wikimedia Commons


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