NGC 72

NGC 72 is a barred spiral galaxy estimated to be about 320 million light-years away in the constellation of Andromeda. It was discovered by R. J. Mitchell in 1855 and its magnitude is 13.5.^[7]

NGC 72
NGC 72, located directly above NGC 71 and below NGC 71 is spiral galaxy NGC 70 (right) and NGC 68 (left)
Observation data (J2000.0 epoch)
Constellation	Andromeda
Right ascension	00h 18m 28.4s
Declination	+30h 02m 26.5s
Redshift	0.024213[1]
Heliocentric radial velocity	7259 km/s[1]
Distance	320-325 Mly[2][3]
Apparent magnitude (V)	13.5[4][2]
Characteristics
Type	Sb[5] Sbc[4] SA(rs)c[2]
Size	180,000[2]
Apparent size (V)	~1.3'x1.0'[5][4][6]
Other designations
UGC 176, ARP 113, VV 166d, MCG +05-01-069, 2MASX J00182837+3002265, 2MASXi J00182837+3002265, PGC 001204

References

1. "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database - NGC 72". NED. NASA/IPAC. Retrieved 14 March 2015.
2. Seligman, Courtney. "New General Catalog Objects: NGC 50 - 99". cseligman.com. Retrieved 14 March 2015.
3. Wright, Ned. "Ned Wright's Javascript Cosmology Calculator". astro.ucla.edu. UCLA. Retrieved 23 November 2014.
4. "NGC 72 >> Deep Sky Object Browser". Deep Sky Objects Browser. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 14 March 2015.
5. "NGC 72". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 14 March 2015.
6. "WIKISKY - NGC 72". wikisky. SKY-MAP.org. Retrieved 23 November 2014.
7. "NGC Objects: NGC 50 - 99".

External links

• Media related to NGC 72 at Wikimedia Commons