NGC 117 | |
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Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
Constellation | Cetus |
Right ascension | 00h 27m 11.14s[1] |
Declination | +01° 20′ 00.5″[1] |
Redshift | 0.017972[2] |
Heliocentric radial velocity | 5339 ± 35 km/s[2] |
Distance | 234.9 Mly (72.02 Mpc)[3] |
Apparent magnitude (B) | 15.41[1] |
Characteristics | |
Type | S0+:[4] |
Other designations | |
MCG +00-02-029, PGC 1674[2] |
NGC 117 is a lenticular galaxy with a magnitude of 14.3 in the constellation Cetus. NGC 117 is its New General Catalogue designation. It was discovered on September 13, 1863, by the astronomer Albert Marth.[5]