NGC 166

NGC 166

Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Cetus
Right ascension	00^h 35^m 48.8^s^[1]
Declination	−13° 36′ 38″^[1]
Redshift	0.020084^[1]
Apparent magnitude (V)	15.18^[1]
Characteristics
Type	G^[1]
Apparent size (V)	0.9' × 0.3'^[1]
Other designations
PGC 2143.^[1]

NGC 166 (also known as PGC 2143) is a spiral galaxy located around 2.6 million light-years away in the constellation Cetus, with an apparent magnitude of 15.18.^[1] It was discovered by Francis Preserved Leavenworth in 1886.^[2]

References

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 0166. Retrieved 2016-09-02.
↑ "Francis Preserved Leavenworth". klima-luft.de. Retrieved 2 September 2016.

External links

NGC 166 on WikiSky: DSS2, SDSS, GALEX, IRAS, Hydrogen α, X-Ray, Astrophoto, Sky Map, Articles and images

Astronomical catalogs

NGC	NGC 161 NGC 162 NGC 163 NGC 164 NGC 165 NGC 166 NGC 167 NGC 168 NGC 169 NGC 170 NGC 171

PGC	PGC 2139 PGC 2140 PGC 2141 PGC 2142 PGC 2143 PGC 2144 PGC 2145 PGC 2146 PGC 2147

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