NGC 109

NGC 109 is a spiral galaxy estimated to be about 240 million light-years away in the constellation of Andromeda. It was discovered by Heinrich d'Arrest in 1861 and its magnitude is 13.7.[4]

NGC 109
SDSS image of NGC 109
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Andromeda
Right ascension	00^h 26^m 14.636^s[1]
Declination	+21° 48′ 26.64″[1]
Redshift	0.018206[2]
Helio radial velocity	5458[2]
Distance	216.40 ± 17.85 Mly (66.350 ± 5.473 Mpc)[2]
Apparent magnitude (V)	14.08[2]
Apparent magnitude (B)	15.0[3]
Characteristics
Type	SB(r)a[2]
Size	81,800 ly (25,090 pc)[2][note 1]
Apparent size (V)	1.1′ × 1.0′[2]
Other designations
UGC 251, MGC+04-02-020, PGC 1606[3]

Notes

1. POSS1 103a-O values used.

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 object NGC 0109". National Aeronautics and Space Administration / Infrared Processing and Analysis Center. Retrieved 16 March 2017.
3. "NGC 107". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 16 March 2017.
4. "NGC Objects: NGC 100 - 149".

External links

• Media related to NGC 109 at Wikimedia Commons