NGC 163

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NGC 163
NGC163 - SDSS DR14.jpg
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]
Helio 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]
Size103,000  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 ]

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Notes

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

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References

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  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "NED results for object NGC 0163". National Aeronautics and Space Administration / Infrared Processing and Analysis Center . Retrieved 23 April 2017.
  3. 1 2 3 "NGC 163". SIMBAD . Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg . Retrieved 23 April 2017.


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