NGC 106

NGC 106 is a lenticular galaxy estimated to be about 270 million light-years away in the constellation of Pisces. It was discovered by Francis Leavenworth in 1886 and its apparent magnitude is 14.5.^[4]

NGC 106
SDSS image of NGC 106
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Pisces
Right ascension	00h 24m 43.753s[1]
Declination	−05° 08′ 55.71″[1]
Redshift	0.020211[2]
Heliocentric radial velocity	6059[2]
Distance	199 Mly (61.1 Mpc)[2]
Apparent magnitude (B)	14.46[3]
Characteristics
Type	Sa: pec[2]
Size	64,800 ly (19,880 pc)[2][note 1]
Apparent size (V)	1.3′ × 0.6′[2]
Other designations
PGC 1551, 2MASX J00244375-0508557[3]

Notes

1. 2MASS K_s band used.

NGC 106 in infrared

References

1. Skrutskie, Michael F.; Cutri, Roc M.; Stiening, Rae; Weinberg, Martin D.; Schneider, Stephen E.; Carpenter, John M.; Beichman, Charles A.; Capps, Richard W.; Chester, Thomas; Elias, Jonathan H.; Huchra, John P.; Liebert, James W.; Lonsdale, Carol J.; Monet, David G.; Price, Stephan; Seitzer, Patrick; Jarrett, Thomas H.; Kirkpatrick, J. Davy; Gizis, John E.; Howard, Elizabeth V.; Evans, Tracey E.; Fowler, John W.; Fullmer, Linda; Hurt, Robert L.; Light, Robert M.; Kopan, Eugene L.; Marsh, Kenneth A.; McCallon, Howard L.; Tam, Robert; Van Dyk, Schuyler D.; Wheelock, Sherry L. (1 February 2006). "The Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS)". The Astronomical Journal. 131 (2): 1163–1183. Bibcode:2006AJ....131.1163S. doi:10.1086/498708. ISSN 0004-6256. S2CID 18913331.
2. "NED results for object NGC 0106". National Aeronautics and Space Administration / Infrared Processing and Analysis Center. Retrieved 16 March 2017.
3. "NGC 106". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 16 March 2017.
4. "NGC Objects: NGC 100 - 149".

External links

• Media related to NGC 106 at Wikimedia Commons