NGC 48

The New General Catalogue object NGC 48 is a barred spiral galaxy located approximately 79.3 million light-years from the Solar System[2] in the constellation Andromeda.

NGC 48
NGC 48 (2MASS near-infrared)
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
ConstellationAndromeda
Right ascension 00h 14m 02.2s[1]
Declination+48° 14′ 05″[1]
Redshift0.005924[1]
Helio radial velocity1776 ± 8 km/s[1]
Distance79.3 Mly[2]
Apparent magnitude (V)14.4[1]
Characteristics
TypeSABbc[1]
Apparent size (V)1.4' x 0.9'[1]
Other designations
PGC 929

See also

References
  1. "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 0048. Retrieved 2010-05-05.
  2. An object's distance from Earth can be determined using Hubble's law: v=Ho is Hubble's constant (70±5 (km/s)/Mpc). The relative uncertainty Δd/d divided by the distance is equal to the sum of the relative uncertainties of the velocity and v=Ho


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