NGC 151
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| NGC 151 | |
|---|---|
| File:N151s.jpg NGC 151 imaged by the Mount Lemmon Observatory SkyCenter using the 0.8m Schulman Telescope | |
| Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
| Constellation | Cetus |
| Right ascension | 00h 34m 02.79176s[1] |
| Declination | −09° 42′ 18.9821″[1] |
| Redshift | 0.012562[2] |
| Heliocentric radial velocity | 3742.3 km/s[2] |
| Distance | 170 Mly (52 Mpc)[3] |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 11.59[3] |
| Apparent magnitude (B) | 12.31[3] |
| Characteristics | |
| Type | SB(r)bc[3] |
| Size | 3.7′ × 1.7′[3] |
| Other designations | |
| NGC 153, MCG -02-02-054, PGC 2035[2] | |
NGC 151 is a mid-sized barred spiral galaxy[3] located in the constellation Cetus.
The galaxy was discovered by English astronomer William Herschel on November 28, 1785. In 1886, Lewis Swift observed the same galaxy and catalogued it as NGC 153, only for it later to be identified as NGC 151.[4]
The galaxy, viewed from almost face on, has several bright, blue, dusty spiral arms filled with active star formation. One noticeable feature of the galaxy is a large gap between the spiral arms.
Two supernovae have been observed in NGC 151. On 22 July 2011, PTF11iqb (type IIn, mag. 17.1)[5] was discovered by the Palomar Transient Factory, and on 24 June 2023, SN 2023lnh (type Ia, mag. 18) was discovered by ATLAS.[6]
See also
[edit | edit source]References
[edit | edit source]- ^ a b Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value). Gaia DR2 record for this source at VizieR.
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- ^ Transient Name Server entry for SN 2023lnh. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
External links
[edit | edit source]- Error creating thumbnail: File missing Media related to Lua error in Module:Commons_link at line 62: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). at Wikimedia Commons
- NGC 151 on WikiSky: DSS2, SDSS, GALEX, IRAS, Hydrogen α, X-Ray, Astrophoto, Sky Map, Articles and images
