NGC 27

NGC 27 is a spiral galaxy located in the constellation Andromeda. It was discovered on 3 August 1884 by Lewis Swift.^[5] It forms a galaxy pair with the nearby UGC 95.^[2]

NGC 27
SDSS image of NGC 27 (center)
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Andromeda
Right ascension	00h 10m 32.75799s[1]
Declination	+28° 59′ 46.4283″[1]
Redshift	0.02343[2]
Heliocentric radial velocity	6941 km/s[2]
Distance	327.66 ± 0.65 Mly (100.46 ± 0.20 Mpc)[3]
Apparent magnitude (B)	14.43[4]
Characteristics
Type	Sbc[4]
Other designations
UGC 96, MCG +05-01-044, PGC 742[2]

See also

• Spiral galaxy
• List of largest galaxies
• List of nearest galaxies
• List of NGC objects (1–1000)
• Andromeda (constellation)

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.
2. "NGC 27". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2021-02-02.
3. Tully, R. Brent; et al. (2013). "Cosmicflows-2: The Data". The Astronomical Journal. 146 (4): 86. arXiv:1307.7213. Bibcode:2013AJ....146...86T. doi:10.1088/0004-6256/146/4/86. S2CID 118494842.
4. "Search specification: NGC 27". HyperLeda. Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1. Retrieved 2021-02-02.
5. Seligman, Courtney. "New General Catalogue objects: NGC 1 - 49". cseligman.com. Retrieved 2021-02-02.

External links

• Media related to NGC 27 at Wikimedia Commons
• NGC 27 on WikiSky: DSS2, SDSS, GALEX, IRAS, Hydrogen α, X-Ray, Astrophoto, Sky Map, Articles and images
• SEDS