NGC 9 | |
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Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
Constellation | Pegasus |
Right ascension | 00h 08m 54.7s [1] |
Declination | +23° 49′ 01″[1] |
Redshift | 0.015104[1] |
Heliocentric radial velocity | 4528 ± 10 km/s[1] |
Distance | 142 ± 31 Mly (43.5 ± 9.5 Mpc)[2] |
Apparent magnitude (V) | 14.35 [1] |
Absolute magnitude (V) | —18.69 |
Characteristics | |
Type | Sb: pec [1] |
Apparent size (V) | 1.3' x 0.7' [1] |
Other designations | |
UGC 78,[1] PGC 652 [1] |
NGC 9 is a spiral galaxy about 140 million light-years away in the Pegasus constellation. It was discovered on 27 September 1865 by Otto Wilhelm von Struve.[3]
One supernova has been observed in NGC 9: SN 2021zju (type Ib, mag. 18.15).[4]