NGC 72 WikiZero

NGC 72
NGC 72, located directly above NGC 71 and below NGC 71 is spiral galaxy NGC 70 (right) and NGC 68 (left)
Observation data (J2000.0 epoch)
Constellation	Andromeda
Right ascension	00^h 18^m 28.4^s
Declination	+30^h 02^m 26.5^s
Redshift	0.024213^[1]
Heliocentric radial velocity	7259 km/s^[1]
Distance	320-325 Mly^[2]^[3]
Apparent magnitude (V)	13.5^[4]^[2]
Characteristics
Type	Sb^[5] Sbc^[4] SA(rs)c^[2]
Size	180,000^[2]
Apparent size (V)	~1.3'x1.0'^[5]^[4]^[6]
Other designations
UGC 176, ARP 113, VV 166d, MCG +05-01-069, 2MASX J00182837+3002265, 2MASXi J00182837+3002265, PGC 001204

NGC 72 is a barred spiral galaxy estimated to be about 320 million light-years away in the constellation of Andromeda. It was discovered by R. J. Mitchell in 1855 and its magnitude is 13.5.^[7]

References

^ ^a ^b "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database - NGC 72". NED. NASA/IPAC. Retrieved 14 March 2015.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Seligman, Courtney. "New General Catalog Objects: NGC 50 - 99". cseligman.com. Retrieved 14 March 2015.
^ Wright, Ned. "Ned Wright's Javascript Cosmology Calculator". astro.ucla.edu. UCLA. Retrieved 23 November 2014.
^ ^a ^b ^c "NGC 72 >> Deep Sky Object Browser". Deep Sky Objects Browser. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 14 March 2015.
^ ^a ^b "NGC 72". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 14 March 2015.
^ "WIKISKY - NGC 72". wikisky. SKY-MAP.org. Retrieved 23 November 2014.
^ "NGC Objects: NGC 50 - 99".

v t e Astronomical catalogs
NGC	NGC 67 NGC 68 NGC 69 NGC 70 NGC 71 NGC 72 NGC 73 NGC 74 NGC 75 NGC 76 NGC 77
PGC	PGC 1200 PGC 1201 PGC 1202 PGC 1203 PGC 1204 PGC 1205 PGC 1206 PGC 1207 PGC 1208

Bayer	α (Alpheratz) β (Mirach) γ (Almach) δ ε ζ η θ ι κ λ μ ν ξ (Adhil) ο π ρ σ τ υ (Titawin) φ χ ψ ω A b c υ Per (Nembus)
Flamsteed	2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 (Veritate) 15 18 22 23 26 28 32 36 39 41 44 45 47 55 56 58 59 63 64 65 66 6 Per
Variable	R T U W Z RT RV RX SU SW TU TW WZ XZ AB AC AD AE AF AR BM BX CC CG CN DS DX EG ET EU FF GO GP GQ GX GR GY HH HN IW KK KX KZ LL LN LP LQ OP OS OU PX PY QR QV QX V385 V428 V439 V455 V529 V807
HR	1 40 56 78 104 122 134 178 275 282 283 289 379 410 483 687 746 748 8884 8925 8950 8962 8973 9011 9074 9075 9105
HD	16175 (Buna) 222155
Other	3XMM J004232.1+411314 ADS 48 HAT-P-6 (Sterrennacht) HAT-P-16 HAT-P-19 HAT-P-28 M31-RV KELT-1 NGC 44 NGC 82 NGC 84 NGC 91 NGC 162 NGC 464 Qatar-3 Qatar-4 PA-99-N2 WASP-1 WISE 0146+4234 WISE J0005+3737 WISE J004945.61+215120.0

Exoplanets	14 Andromedae b κ Andromedae b υ Andromedae b c d Gliese 15 Ab c HD 13931 b HD 16175 b HAT-P-6b HAT-P-32b WASP-1b WASP-33b Qatar-4b Qatar-5b

NGC	206 272 752 956 7686
Other	Mayall II RBC EXT8

NGC	7662

Messier	32 110
NGC	5 11 13 19 20 21 27 39 43 48 49 51 67 68 69 70 71 72 74 76 79 80 81 83 85 86 90 93 94 96 97 108 109 112 140 149 160 169 181 183 184 214 218 226 228 229 233 243 252 258 260 262 280 304 317 389 393 404 425 431 477 512 513 523 528 529 531 536 542 561 605 620 668 679 687 700 703 704 705 708 709 710 712 714 717 721 732 753 759 801 812 834 891 906 910 911 912 913 920 937 980 995 996 999 1000 7640 7836
Numbered	I II III IV V VIII IX X XI XVIII XIX XXI
Other	3C 66A 3C 66B Andromeda Galaxy Arp 273 Donatiello I UGC 1840

Galaxy clusters	Abell 262 NGC 68 group

Astronomical events	GRB 101225A SN 1885A (S)