NGC 92

NGC 92

H-alpha image of NGC 92 with VLT
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation Phoenix
Right ascension 00h 21m 31.713s[1]
Declination −48° 37′ 29.23″[1]
Redshift 0.011278 ± 0.000037[2]
Distance 141 Mly (43.2 Mpc)[3]
Apparent magnitude (V) 13.81[3]
Characteristics
Type SAa: pec[3]
Apparent size (V) 1.9′ × 0.9′[3]
Other designations
ESO 194-G012, PGC 1388

NGC 92 is a highly warped interacting unbarred spiral galaxy in Robert's Quartet; it is interacting with three neighbouring galaxies NGC 87, NGC 88 and NGC 89.

References

  1. 1 2 Skrutskie, M. F.; et al. (February 2006), "The Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS)", The Astronomical Journal, 131 (2): 1163–1183, Bibcode:2006AJ....131.1163S, doi:10.1086/498708.
  2. ↑ Lavaux, Guilhem; Hudson, Michael J. (October 2011), "The 2M++ galaxy redshift catalogue", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 416 (4): 2840–2856, arXiv:1105.6107Freely accessible, Bibcode:2011MNRAS.416.2840L, doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2011.19233.x.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database", Results for NGC 0092, nasa, retrieved 2010-05-10.
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Coordinates: 00h 21m 32s, −48° 37′ 34″

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