NGC 61

NGC 61 is a pair of lenticular galaxies, NGC 61-A (or NGC 61-1) and NGC 61-B (or NGC 61-2) in the constellation Cetus. Both were discovered on September 10, 1785 by William Herschel.

NGC 61A
Observation data (2000.0 epoch)
ConstellationCetus
Right ascension-00h 16m 24.34s
Declination−06° 19 18.09
Helio radial velocity7,946 ± 27 km/s[1]
Apparent magnitude (V)13.4
Other designations
PGC 1083
NGC 61B
Observation data (2000.0 epoch)
ConstellationCetus
Right ascension00h 16m 24.07s
Declination−06° 19 07.9
Helio radial velocity8,152 ± 27 km/s[2]
Apparent magnitude (V)14.5
Other designations
PGC 1085

References

  1. "Results for NGC 0061A". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. Retrieved 2013-10-20.
  2. "Results for NGC 0061B". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. Retrieved 2013-10-20.


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