NGC 114
NGC 114 is a barred lenticular galaxy located in the constellation Cetus. It was discovered by American astronomer Truman Henry Safford on September 23, 1867. The galaxy lies approximately 195 million light-years from Earth, and is about 55,000 light-years in diameter, nearly half the size of the Milky Way.
References
- ^ 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. Gaia DR2 record for this source at VizieR.
- ^ "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 0114. Retrieved 2015-08-19.
- ^ Seligman, Courtney. "New General Catalogue objects: NGC 100 - 149". Cseligman.com. Retrieved 2015-08-19.
- ^ "NGC 114". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2021-02-09.
External links
Media related to NGC 114 at Wikimedia Commons- NGC 114 on WikiSky: DSS2, SDSS, GALEX, IRAS, Hydrogen α, X-Ray, Astrophoto, Sky Map, Articles and images
