NGC 127

NGC 127 is a lenticular galaxy that was discovered on November 4, 1850, by Bindon Stoney, the same day he discovered NGC 126 and NGC 130.^[7] NGC 127 is a gas-rich, star-forming galaxy showing emission lines.^[8] It is an interacting companion to the peculiar, edge-on galaxy NGC 128, and the pair are connected by a bridge of material.^[5] The south-east part of NGC 127 is asymmetrical in the direction of NGC 128. It may have recently passed the more massive NGC 128, from which an infall of gas is flowing onto NGC 127.^[8]

NGC 127
NGC 127 (right) with parent galaxy NGC 128 (center) and smaller galaxy NGC 130 (left)
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Pisces
Right ascension	00h 29m 12.396s[1]
Declination	+02° 52′ 21.24″[1]
Redshift	0.013656[2]
Heliocentric radial velocity	4,061±15 km/s[3]
Distance	190 Mly (57 Mpc)h−1 0.73
Group or cluster	NGC 128
Apparent magnitude (V)	14.5[4]
Characteristics
Type	Sa[5]
Apparent size (V)	0.8′ x 0.6′[2]
Other designations
IRAS 00266+0235, NGC 127, PGC 1787[6]

References

1. 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.
2. "Distance Results for NGC 0127". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. Retrieved 2016-02-24.
3. Woods, Deborah Freedman; et al. (July 2006). "Tidally Triggered Star Formation in Close Pairs of Galaxies: Major and Minor Interactions". The Astronomical Journal. 132 (1): 197–209. arXiv:astro-ph/0603175. Bibcode:2006AJ....132..197W. doi:10.1086/504834. S2CID 119336628.
4. Prugniel, Ph.; Heraudeau, Ph. (March 1998). "Total magnitude, radius, colour indices, colour gradients and photometric type of galaxies". Astronomy and Astrophysics Supplement. 128 (2): 299–308. Bibcode:1998A&AS..128..299P. doi:10.1051/aas:1998142.
5. D'Onofrio, M.; et al. (February 1999). "Structure and kinematics of the peculiar galaxy NGC 128". Astronomy and Astrophysics Supplement. 134 (3): 437–451. arXiv:astro-ph/9809213. Bibcode:1999A&AS..134..437D. doi:10.1051/aas:1999147. S2CID 16194739.
6. "NGC 127". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2021-12-13.
7. Seligman, C. "New General Catalogue: NGC 100-149 - NGC 127". Retrieved 2021-12-13.
8. Chilingarian, I.; et al. (June 2008). Knapen, J. H.; Mahoney, T. J.; Vazdekis, A. (eds.). Low Luminosity Early-type Galaxies in the NGC 128 Group. Proceedings of the conference held 23-27 April, 2007 at Santiago del Teide, Tenerife, Spain. Pathways Through an Eclectic Universe ASP Conference Series. Vol. 390. San Francisco: Astronomical Society of the Pacific. p. 296. arXiv:0711.2100. Bibcode:2008ASPC..390..296C.

External links

• Media related to NGC 127 at Wikimedia Commons