NGC 101 is a spiral galaxy estimated to be about 150 million light-years away in the constellation of Sculptor. It was discovered by John Herschel in 1834 and its magnitude is 12.8.[4] It is a member of the Southern Supercluster (also called the Laniakea Supercluster) the closest galaxy supercluster to the Local Supercluster.[5]
NGC 101 | |
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Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
Constellation | Sculptor |
Right ascension | 00h 23m 54.614s |
Declination | −32° 32′ 10.34″[1] |
Redshift | 0.011284[1] |
Helio radial velocity | 3383[1] |
Distance | 149.8 Mly (45.92 Mpc)[2] |
Apparent magnitude (V) | 12.84[1] |
Apparent magnitude (B) | 13.36[3] |
Characteristics | |
Type | SAB(rs)cd:[1] |
Size | 119,200 ly (36,560 pc)[1][note 1] |
Apparent size (V) | 2.2′ × 2.0′[1] |
Other designations | |
MGC-05-02-003, PGC 1518[3] |
Constellation of Sculptor | |||||||||||
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