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NGC 169
Hubble Space Telescope/ Víctor M. Blanco Telescope image of NGC 169 (top) and IC 1559 (bottom)
Observation data ( J2000 epoch)
Constellation Andromeda
Right ascension00h 36m 51.6s [1]
Declination+23° 59′ 27″ [1]
Redshift0.015434 [1]
Apparent magnitude (V)13.3 [1]
Characteristics
TypeSA(s)ab [1]
Apparent size (V)2.6' × 0.7' [1]
Other designations
UGC 365, PGC 2202, Arp 282 [1]

NGC 169 is a barred spiral galaxy located in the constellation Andromeda. It was discovered on September 18, 1857 by R. J. Mitchell. [2]

NGC 169 has a smaller companion named NGC 169A, also designated IC1559. The two are currently interacting, and the pair is included in Halton Arp's Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies. [3]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 0169. Retrieved 2016-09-02.
  2. ^ "New General Catalog Objects: NGC 150–199". Cseligman. Retrieved September 2, 2016.
  3. ^ Arp, Halton (1966). Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies. Pasadena, California: California Institute of Technology. Retrieved 5 Jan 2010. (webpage includes PDF link)
  • Media related to NGC 169 at Wikimedia Commons
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
NGC 169
Hubble Space Telescope/ Víctor M. Blanco Telescope image of NGC 169 (top) and IC 1559 (bottom)
Observation data ( J2000 epoch)
Constellation Andromeda
Right ascension00h 36m 51.6s [1]
Declination+23° 59′ 27″ [1]
Redshift0.015434 [1]
Apparent magnitude (V)13.3 [1]
Characteristics
TypeSA(s)ab [1]
Apparent size (V)2.6' × 0.7' [1]
Other designations
UGC 365, PGC 2202, Arp 282 [1]

NGC 169 is a barred spiral galaxy located in the constellation Andromeda. It was discovered on September 18, 1857 by R. J. Mitchell. [2]

NGC 169 has a smaller companion named NGC 169A, also designated IC1559. The two are currently interacting, and the pair is included in Halton Arp's Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies. [3]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 0169. Retrieved 2016-09-02.
  2. ^ "New General Catalog Objects: NGC 150–199". Cseligman. Retrieved September 2, 2016.
  3. ^ Arp, Halton (1966). Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies. Pasadena, California: California Institute of Technology. Retrieved 5 Jan 2010. (webpage includes PDF link)
  • Media related to NGC 169 at Wikimedia Commons

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